diff --git a/package/luajit/Config.in b/package/luajit/Config.in
index 1a27c434e1..6b9c6e6ae8 100644
--- a/package/luajit/Config.in
+++ b/package/luajit/Config.in
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LUAJIT_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	bool
+	# -m32 flag is used for 32bit builds and host-luajit has
+	# limited architecture support
+	depends on BR2_HOSTARCH = "x86_64" || BR2_HOSTARCH = "x86"
 	default y if BR2_i386 || \
 		(BR2_x86_64 && BR2_HOSTARCH='x86_64') || \
 		BR2_powerpc || BR2_arm || BR2_armeb || \