diff --git a/package/bluez5_utils/Config.in b/package/bluez5_utils/Config.in
index 57f8c452a8..18b7bbf0e0 100644
--- a/package/bluez5_utils/Config.in
+++ b/package/bluez5_utils/Config.in
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_BLUEZ5_UTILS
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_3_4
 	# wordexp support not in our uClibc configuration
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_4
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_DBUS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGLIB2
 	help
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ comment "bluez5-utils needs a glibc or musl toolchain w/ wchar, threads, headers
 	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \
 		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_3_4 || BR2_STATIC_LIBS || \
 		!(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_MUSL)
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_4
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 
 comment "bluez5-utils conflicts with older bluez-utils version"