diff --git a/package/opentracing-cpp/Config.in b/package/opentracing-cpp/Config.in
index 4ee7b29de2..ebcce35aa8 100644
--- a/package/opentracing-cpp/Config.in
+++ b/package/opentracing-cpp/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_OPENTRACING_CPP
 	bool "opentracing-cpp"
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 # C++11
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_GCC_BUG_64735 # exception_ptr
 	help
@@ -8,8 +9,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_OPENTRACING_CPP
 
 	  http://opentracing.io
 
-comment "opentracing-cpp needs a toolchain w/ C++, gcc >= 4.8"
-	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8
+comment "opentracing-cpp needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads, gcc >= 4.8"
+	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8
 
 comment "opentracing-cpp needs exception_ptr"
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_GCC_BUG_64735