diff --git a/system/Config.in b/system/Config.in
index d14a864ca5..f63f27b126 100644
--- a/system/Config.in
+++ b/system/Config.in
@@ -137,9 +137,15 @@ config BR2_INIT_SYSTEMD
 	select BR2_ROOTFS_MERGED_USR
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD
 
-comment "systemd needs a glibc or uClibc toolchain, headers >= 3.10"
-	depends on !(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC \
-		&& BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_3_10)
+comment "systemd needs a glibc or uClibc toolchain w/ wchar, threads, SSP, dynamic library, headers >= 3.10"
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD_ARCH_SUPPORTS
+	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
+	depends on !(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC) || \
+		!BR2_USE_WCHAR || \
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SSP || \
+		BR2_STATIC_LIBS || \
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_3_10
 
 config BR2_INIT_NONE
 	bool "None"