diff --git a/package/armadillo/Config.in b/package/armadillo/Config.in
index 2251d912f0..b3ba2fc72d 100644
--- a/package/armadillo/Config.in
+++ b/package/armadillo/Config.in
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 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
 
 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
 	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 a77094fc76..68a6dde695 100644
--- a/package/clapack/Config.in
+++ b/package/clapack/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_CLAPACK
 	bool "cblas/clapack"
 	depends on BR2_LARGEFILE
+	depends on !(BR2_mips || BR2_mipsel || BR2_mips64 || BR2_mips64el)
 	help
 	  BLAS and LAPACK C implementation (f2c'ed version of).
 
@@ -20,3 +21,4 @@ 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)