diff --git a/package/docker-containerd/Config.in b/package/docker-containerd/Config.in
index 5e0cc1e877..3de3dc6da2 100644
--- a/package/docker-containerd/Config.in
+++ b/package/docker-containerd/Config.in
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_DOCKER_CONTAINERD
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_GO_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_GO_CGO_LINKING_SUPPORTS
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_3_11 # runc
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC # runc
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # util-linux
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_RUNC # runtime dependency
@@ -32,4 +33,5 @@ comment "docker-containerd needs a glibc or musl toolchain w/ threads"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_GO_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_GO_CGO_LINKING_SUPPORTS
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_3_11 || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC
diff --git a/package/docker-engine/Config.in b/package/docker-engine/Config.in
index 3c97310484..cd878880ae 100644
--- a/package/docker-engine/Config.in
+++ b/package/docker-engine/Config.in
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_DOCKER_ENGINE
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_GO_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_GO_CGO_LINKING_SUPPORTS
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_3_11 # docker-containerd -> runc
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC # docker-containerd -> runc
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # docker-containerd
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_DOCKER_CONTAINERD # runtime dependency
@@ -50,8 +51,9 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_DOCKER_ENGINE_DRIVER_VFS
 
 endif
 
-comment "docker-engine needs a glibc or musl toolchain w/ threads"
+comment "docker-engine needs a glibc or musl toolchain w/ threads, headers >= 3.11"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_GO_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_GO_CGO_LINKING_SUPPORTS
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_3_11 || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
diff --git a/package/runc/Config.in b/package/runc/Config.in
index 47c850ef30..5b08b91032 100644
--- a/package/runc/Config.in
+++ b/package/runc/Config.in
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_RUNC
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_GO_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_GO_CGO_LINKING_SUPPORTS
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_3_11 # O_TMPFILE
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC # no fexecve
 	help
 	  runC is a CLI tool for spawning and running containers
@@ -10,7 +11,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_RUNC
 
 	  https://github.com/opencontainers/runc
 
-comment "runc needs a glibc or musl toolchain toolchain w/ threads"
+comment "runc needs a glibc or musl toolchain w/ threads, headers >= 3.11"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_GO_ARCH_SUPPORTS && \
 		BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_GO_CGO_LINKING_SUPPORTS
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || BR2_TOOLCHAN_USES_UCLIBC
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_3_11 || BR2_TOOLCHAN_USES_UCLIBC