diff --git a/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-bad/Config.in b/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-bad/Config.in
index d2c60ec9ce..e85ec16784 100644
--- a/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-bad/Config.in
+++ b/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-bad/Config.in
@@ -746,11 +746,12 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GST1_PLUGINS_BAD_ZXING
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # zxing-cpp
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # zxing-cpp
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP # zxing-cpp
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # zxing-cpp
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZXING_CPP
 
-comment "zxing plugin needs a toolchain w/ C++, wchar, dynamic library"
+comment "zxing plugin needs a toolchain w/ C++, wchar, dynamic library, threads"
 	depends on BR2_STATIC_LIBS || !BR2_USE_WCHAR || \
-		!BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+		!BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 
 endif
 
diff --git a/package/zxing-cpp/Config.in b/package/zxing-cpp/Config.in
index 0d8b79538d..b72a00ec35 100644
--- a/package/zxing-cpp/Config.in
+++ b/package/zxing-cpp/Config.in
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
-comment "zxing-cpp needs a toolchain w/ C++, wchar, dynamic library"
+comment "zxing-cpp needs a toolchain w/ C++, wchar, dynamic library, threads"
 	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_USE_WCHAR || \
-		BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+		BR2_STATIC_LIBS || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_ZXING_CPP
 	bool "zxing-cpp"
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_STB
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_PYBIND if BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3
 	help