diff --git a/package/rabbitmq-c/Config.in b/package/rabbitmq-c/Config.in
index f3379f2412..b330c90474 100644
--- a/package/rabbitmq-c/Config.in
+++ b/package/rabbitmq-c/Config.in
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_RABBITMQ_C
 	bool "rabbitmq-c"
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	help
 	  This is a C-language AMQP client library for use with v2.0+
 	  of the RabbitMQ broker.
 
 	  https://github.com/alanxz/rabbitmq-c
+
+comment "rabbitmq-c needs a toolchain w/ threads"
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS