diff --git a/package/directfb/Config.in b/package/directfb/Config.in
index 47f9feaaf4..a1845689de 100644
--- a/package/directfb/Config.in
+++ b/package/directfb/Config.in
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_DIRECTFB
 	bool "directfb"
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_FREETYPE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB
 	help
@@ -107,3 +108,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_DIRECTB_TESTS
 	bool "build directfb tests"
 
 endif # BR2_PACKAGE_DIRECTFB
+
+comment "directfb needs a toolchain with thread support"
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
diff --git a/package/multimedia/gst-plugins-bad/Config.in b/package/multimedia/gst-plugins-bad/Config.in
index 7784ad70f6..d87aec4aa7 100644
--- a/package/multimedia/gst-plugins-bad/Config.in
+++ b/package/multimedia/gst-plugins-bad/Config.in
@@ -262,6 +262,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GST_PLUGINS_BAD_PLUGIN_CURL
 config BR2_PACKAGE_GST_PLUGINS_BAD_PLUGIN_DIRECTFB
 	bool "directfb"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_DIRECTFB
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_GST_PLUGINS_BAD_PLUGIN_DVB
 	bool "dvb"