diff --git a/package/armadillo/Config.in b/package/armadillo/Config.in
index b3ba2fc72d..898564d22f 100644
--- a/package/armadillo/Config.in
+++ b/package/armadillo/Config.in
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 comment "armadillo needs a toolchain w/ C++, largefile"
 	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_LARGEFILE
 	depends on !(BR2_mips || BR2_mipsel || BR2_mips64 || BR2_mips64el) # clapack
+	depends on !(BR2_powerpc && BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC) # clapack
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_ARMADILLO
 	bool "armadillo"
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	depends on BR2_LARGEFILE # clapack
 	depends on !(BR2_mips || BR2_mipsel || BR2_mips64 || BR2_mips64el) # clapack
+	depends on !(BR2_powerpc && BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC) # clapack
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_CLAPACK
 	help
 	  Armadillo: An Open Source C++ Linear Algebra Library for
diff --git a/package/clapack/Config.in b/package/clapack/Config.in
index 68a6dde695..ee538a40db 100644
--- a/package/clapack/Config.in
+++ b/package/clapack/Config.in
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_CLAPACK
 	bool "cblas/clapack"
 	depends on BR2_LARGEFILE
 	depends on !(BR2_mips || BR2_mipsel || BR2_mips64 || BR2_mips64el)
+	# _fpu_control is used on PowerPC, but not available with
+	# uClibc
+	depends on !(BR2_powerpc && BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC)
 	help
 	  BLAS and LAPACK C implementation (f2c'ed version of).
 
@@ -22,3 +25,4 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_CLAPACK_ARITH_H
 comment "cblas/clapack needs a toolchain w/ largefile"
 	depends on !BR2_LARGEFILE
 	depends on !(BR2_mips || BR2_mipsel || BR2_mips64 || BR2_mips64el)
+	depends on !(BR2_powerpc && BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC)