diff --git a/package/libtirpc/Config.in b/package/libtirpc/Config.in
index 7e891b4..f2a6f83 100644
--- a/package/libtirpc/Config.in
+++ b/package/libtirpc/Config.in
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBTIRPC
 	bool "libtirpc"
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	help
 	  Libtirpc is a port of Sun's Transport-Independent RPC
 	  library to Linux.
 
 	  http://sourceforge.net/projects/libtirpc/
+
+comment "libtirpc requires a toolchain with threads support"
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS