diff --git a/package/efl/Config.in b/package/efl/Config.in
index cfb803c6df..aa5749db05 100644
--- a/package/efl/Config.in
+++ b/package/efl/Config.in
@@ -97,6 +97,11 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_EFL_LIBSNDFILE
 config BR2_PACKAGE_EFL_PULSEAUDIO
 	bool "Enable pulseaudio support (recommended)"
 	default y
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PULSEAUDIO_HAS_ATOMIC
+	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PULSEAUDIO
 	help
 	  The only audio output method supported by Ecore right now is
diff --git a/package/espeak/Config.in b/package/espeak/Config.in
index 5e46b17e32..5f9007a165 100644
--- a/package/espeak/Config.in
+++ b/package/espeak/Config.in
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_ESPEAK_AUDIO_BACKEND_ALSA
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_ESPEAK_AUDIO_BACKEND_PULSEAUDIO
 	bool "pulseaudio"
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PULSEAUDIO_HAS_ATOMIC
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PULSEAUDIO
 
 endchoice
diff --git a/package/gstreamer/gst-plugins-good/Config.in b/package/gstreamer/gst-plugins-good/Config.in
index e92cd0c5b2..3b2a99f5b4 100644
--- a/package/gstreamer/gst-plugins-good/Config.in
+++ b/package/gstreamer/gst-plugins-good/Config.in
@@ -205,11 +205,14 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GST_PLUGINS_GOOD_PLUGIN_PULSE
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # pulseaudio
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # pulseaudio
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # pulseaudio
+	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # pulseaudio
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PULSEAUDIO_HAS_ATOMIC # pulseaudio
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PULSEAUDIO
 
-comment "pulseaudio support needs a toolchain w/ threads, dynamic library"
+comment "pulseaudio support needs a toolchain w/ threads, wchar, dynamic library"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PULSEAUDIO_HAS_ATOMIC
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || BR2_STATIC_LIBS || !BR2_USE_WCHAR
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_GST_PLUGINS_GOOD_PLUGIN_SOUPHTTPSRC
 	bool "souphttpsrc (http client)"
diff --git a/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-good/Config.in b/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-good/Config.in
index 097f32d779..4f83d00a48 100644
--- a/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-good/Config.in
+++ b/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-good/Config.in
@@ -321,13 +321,16 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GST1_PLUGINS_GOOD_PLUGIN_PULSE
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # pulseaudio
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # pulseaudio
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # pulseaudio
+	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # pulseaudio
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PULSEAUDIO_HAS_ATOMIC # pulseaudio
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PULSEAUDIO
 	help
 	  PulseAudio plugin library
 
-comment "pulseaudio support needs a toolchain w/ threads, dynamic library"
+comment "pulseaudio support needs a toolchain w/ threads, wchar, dynamic library"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PULSEAUDIO_HAS_ATOMIC
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || BR2_STATIC_LIBS || !BR2_USE_WCHAR
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_GST1_PLUGINS_GOOD_PLUGIN_SOUPHTTPSRC
 	bool "souphttpsrc (http client)"
diff --git a/package/kodi/Config.in b/package/kodi/Config.in
index 071c03d640..992b155f29 100644
--- a/package/kodi/Config.in
+++ b/package/kodi/Config.in
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_KODI_NONFREE
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_KODI_PULSEAUDIO
 	bool "pulseaudio"
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PULSEAUDIO_HAS_ATOMIC
 	# Pulseaudio support in kodi needs glib support in Pulseaudio,
 	# see FindPulseAudio.cmake. Kodi meets all dependencies of
 	# libglib2, so there is no need to propagate them here.
diff --git a/package/mpd/Config.in b/package/mpd/Config.in
index 5991b6f4bb..31afb49602 100644
--- a/package/mpd/Config.in
+++ b/package/mpd/Config.in
@@ -254,13 +254,19 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_MPD_OSS
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_MPD_PULSEAUDIO
 	bool "pulseaudio"
-	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # pulseaudio
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PULSEAUDIO_HAS_ATOMIC
+	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PULSEAUDIO
 	help
 	  Enable pulseaudio output support.
 
-comment "pulseaudio support needs a toolchain w/ dynamic library"
-	depends on BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+comment "pulseaudio support needs a toolchain w/ threads, wchar, dynamic library"
+	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PULSEAUDIO_HAS_ATOMIC
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || BR2_STATIC_LIBS || !BR2_USE_WCHAR
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_MPD_SHOUTCAST
 	bool "shoutcast"