diff --git a/package/directfb/Config.in b/package/directfb/Config.in
index 8c13d30794..2d09460748 100644
--- a/package/directfb/Config.in
+++ b/package/directfb/Config.in
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_DIRECTFB
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_5
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_MUSL # sigval_t issue
+	depends on !BR2_sparc # needs atomic operation __sync_fetch_and_add
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_FREETYPE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB
 	help
@@ -166,5 +167,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_DIRECTFB_TESTS
 endif # BR2_PACKAGE_DIRECTFB
 
 comment "directfb needs a (e)glibc or uClibc toolchain w/ C++, threads, gcc >= 4.5"
+	depends on !BR2_sparc # needs atomic operation __sync_fetch_and_add
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || \
 		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_5 || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_MUSL