diff --git a/package/bpftool/Config.in b/package/bpftool/Config.in
index a1ef3843e6..461be9e5b4 100644
--- a/package/bpftool/Config.in
+++ b/package/bpftool/Config.in
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_BPFTOOL_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 config BR2_PACKAGE_BPFTOOL
 	bool "bpftool"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_BPFTOOL_ARCH_SUPPORTS
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_4
 	depends on !BR2_nios2 # binutils
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # binutils, elfutils
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # elfutils
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_BPFTOOL
 
 comment "bpftool needs a uClibc or glibc toolchain w/ wchar, dynamic library, threads, headers >= 4.12"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_BPFTOOL_ARCH_SUPPORTS
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_4
 	depends on !BR2_nios2
 	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR || BR2_STATIC_LIBS \
 		|| !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS \