diff --git a/package/oprofile/Config.in b/package/oprofile/Config.in
index 3ea07d90f6..9cf569383b 100644
--- a/package/oprofile/Config.in
+++ b/package/oprofile/Config.in
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_OPROFILE
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # binutils
 	depends on !BR2_xtensa
 	# libpfm4 is needed on PowerPC, and requires thread support
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || !BR2_powerpc
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL || !BR2_powerpc
 	help
 	  OProfile is a system-wide profiler for Linux systems,
 	  capable of profiling all running code at low overhead.
@@ -31,6 +31,6 @@ comment "oprofile needs a toolchain w/ C++, wchar"
 	depends on !BR2_aarch64 && !BR2_nios2 && !BR2_xtensa
 	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_USE_WCHAR
 
-comment "oprofile needs a toolchain w/ threads on PPC"
+comment "oprofile needs a toolchain w/ NPTL on PPC"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU && BR2_powerpc
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL