diff --git a/package/multimedia/bellagio/Config.in b/package/multimedia/bellagio/Config.in
index 1458f63702..4be3aee5f7 100644
--- a/package/multimedia/bellagio/Config.in
+++ b/package/multimedia/bellagio/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_BELLAGIO
 	bool "bellagio"
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	help
 	  Bellagio is an opensource implementation of the
 	  OpenMAX IL API.
@@ -14,5 +15,5 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_BELLAGIO
 
 	  http://omxil.sourceforge.net/
 
-comment "bellagio requires a toolchain with C++ support enabled"
-	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+comment "bellagio requires a toolchain with C++ and threads support enabled"
+	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS