diff --git a/package/multimedia/gst1-plugins-bad/Config.in b/package/multimedia/gst1-plugins-bad/Config.in
index 878bf53991..f30f2b395e 100644
--- a/package/multimedia/gst1-plugins-bad/Config.in
+++ b/package/multimedia/gst1-plugins-bad/Config.in
@@ -355,6 +355,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GST1_PLUGINS_BAD_PLUGIN_DIRECTFB
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_GST1_PLUGINS_BAD_PLUGIN_WAYLAND
 	bool "wayland"
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # wayland
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_WAYLAND
 	help
 	  Wayland Video Sink
diff --git a/package/wayland/Config.in b/package/wayland/Config.in
index e5d26493e1..591e0f08f7 100644
--- a/package/wayland/Config.in
+++ b/package/wayland/Config.in
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_WAYLAND
 	bool "wayland"
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBFFI
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_EXPAT
 	help
@@ -8,3 +9,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_WAYLAND
 	  of the protocol.
 
 	  http://wayland.freedesktop.org/
+
+comment "wayland requires a toolchain with thread support"
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
diff --git a/package/weston/Config.in b/package/weston/Config.in
index 8871ce56d1..56eb135686 100644
--- a/package/weston/Config.in
+++ b/package/weston/Config.in
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_WESTON
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_JPEG
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_MTDEV
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_UDEV
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # wayland
 	# Runtime dependency
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_XKEYBOARD_CONFIG
 	# Make sure at least one backend is selected