diff --git a/package/mosh/Config.in b/package/mosh/Config.in
index 868b9ffcb3..26f7233989 100644
--- a/package/mosh/Config.in
+++ b/package/mosh/Config.in
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
 comment "mosh needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads, dynamic library"
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP \
 		|| BR2_STATIC_LIBS
-	depends on !(BR2_arm || BR2_i386 || BR2_mipsel || BR2_x86_64)
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PROTOBUF_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_MOSH
 	bool "mosh"
-	depends on BR2_arm || BR2_i386 || BR2_mipsel || BR2_x86_64 # protobuf
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PROTOBUF_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP # protobuf
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # protobuf
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # protobuf
-	depends on BR2_HOSTARCH = "x86_64" || BR2_HOSTARCH = "x86" # protobuf
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PROTOBUF
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL
diff --git a/package/ola/Config.in b/package/ola/Config.in
index fd693ded8c..55cea65d87 100644
--- a/package/ola/Config.in
+++ b/package/ola/Config.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 comment "ola needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads, wchar, dynamic library"
 	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_USE_WCHAR \
 		|| !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || BR2_STATIC_LIBS
-	depends on BR2_arm || BR2_i386 || BR2_mipsel || BR2_x86_64
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PROTOBUF_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_OLA
 	bool "ola (open lighting architecture)"
@@ -12,9 +12,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_OLA
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # protobuf
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # util-linux
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
-	depends on BR2_arm || BR2_i386 || BR2_mipsel || BR2_x86_64 # protobuf
-	# protobuf -> host-protobuf
-	depends on BR2_HOSTARCH = "x86_64" || BR2_HOSTARCH = "x86"
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PROTOBUF_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	help
 	  Open Lighting Architecture provides applications
 	  with a mechanism to send and receive DMX512 & RDM
diff --git a/package/protobuf/Config.in b/package/protobuf/Config.in
index 9ee7e7df45..3d4320bfca 100644
--- a/package/protobuf/Config.in
+++ b/package/protobuf/Config.in
@@ -1,12 +1,19 @@
+# See src/google/protobuf/stubs/platform_macros.h for supported archs.
+# PowerPC doesn't actually work.
+# host-protobuf only builds on certain architectures
+config BR2_PACKAGE_PROTOBUF_ARCH_SUPPORTS
+	bool
+	default y if BR2_arm
+	default y if BR2_i386
+	default y if BR2_mipsel
+	default y if BR2_x86_64
+	depends on BR2_HOSTARCH = "x86_64" || BR2_HOSTARCH = "x86"
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_PROTOBUF
 	bool "protobuf"
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
-	# See src/google/protobuf/stubs/platform_macros.h for supported archs.
-	# PowerPC doesn't actually work.
-	depends on BR2_arm || BR2_i386 || BR2_mipsel || BR2_x86_64
-	# host-protobuf only builds on certain architectures
-	depends on BR2_HOSTARCH = "x86_64" || BR2_HOSTARCH = "x86"
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PROTOBUF_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 	help
 	  Protocol buffers are Google's language-neutral, platform-neutral,
@@ -17,5 +24,4 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PROTOBUF
 comment "protobuf needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads, dynamic library"
 	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS \
 		|| BR2_STATIC_LIBS
-	depends on BR2_arm || BR2_i386 || BR2_mipsel || BR2_x86_64
-	depends on BR2_HOSTARCH = "x86_64" || BR2_HOSTARCH = "x86"
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PROTOBUF_ARCH_SUPPORTS