diff --git a/package/botan/Config.in b/package/botan/Config.in
index 5c3f31726e..c74128bb9d 100644
--- a/package/botan/Config.in
+++ b/package/botan/Config.in
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_BOTAN
 	bool "botan"
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_10 # C++20
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_BOTAN_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_FILESYSTEM if BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST && BR2_TOOLCHAIN_SUPPORTS_ALWAYS_LOCKFREE_ATOMIC_INTS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_SYSTEM if BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST && BR2_TOOLCHAIN_SUPPORTS_ALWAYS_LOCKFREE_ATOMIC_INTS
@@ -24,7 +23,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_BOTAN
 
 	  http://botan.randombit.net
 
-comment "botan needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads, gcc >= 10"
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP \
+comment "botan needs a toolchain w/ C++, gcc >= 10"
+	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP \
 		|| !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_10
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_BOTAN_ARCH_SUPPORTS
diff --git a/package/botan/botan.mk b/package/botan/botan.mk
index 88dbfa5807..95352ea41b 100644
--- a/package/botan/botan.mk
+++ b/package/botan/botan.mk
@@ -48,6 +48,12 @@ else
 BOTAN_CONF_OPTS += --without-stack-protector
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL),y)
+BOTAN_CONF_OPTS += --with-os-feature=threads
+else
+BOTAN_CONF_OPTS += --without-os-feature=threads
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC),y)
 BOTAN_CONF_OPTS += --without-os-feature=explicit_bzero,getauxval,getentropy
 endif