diff --git a/package/tpm2-pkcs11/Config.in b/package/tpm2-pkcs11/Config.in
index 46d5cab07e..5d45703223 100644
--- a/package/tpm2-pkcs11/Config.in
+++ b/package/tpm2-pkcs11/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_TPM2_PKCS11
 	bool "tpm2-pkcs11"
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # tpm2-tss
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBYAML
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_SQLITE
@@ -10,5 +11,5 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_TPM2_PKCS11
 
 	  https://github.com/tpm2-software/tpm2-pkcs11
 
-comment "tpm2-pkcs11 needs a toolchain w/ dynamic library"
-	depends on BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+comment "tpm2-pkcs11 needs a toolchain w/ dynamic library, threads"
+	depends on BR2_STATIC_LIBS || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS