diff --git a/package/docker-engine/Config.in b/package/docker-engine/Config.in
index a22786afaa..b9b9aac16b 100644
--- a/package/docker-engine/Config.in
+++ b/package/docker-engine/Config.in
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ if BR2_PACKAGE_DOCKER_ENGINE
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_DOCKER_ENGINE_DAEMON
 	bool "docker daemon"
+	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # docker-containerd
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # docker-containerd
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_DOCKER_CONTAINERD # runtime dependency
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_SQLITE # runtime dependency