diff --git a/package/qt5/qt5webengine/Config.in b/package/qt5/qt5webengine/Config.in
index 6b68d1b2a8..d40b58062e 100644
--- a/package/qt5/qt5webengine/Config.in
+++ b/package/qt5/qt5webengine/Config.in
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_QT5WEBENGINE_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	default y if BR2_aarch64 || BR2_arm || \
 		BR2_i386 || BR2_x86_64 || \
 		BR2_mips || BR2_mips64
+	# -m32 flag is used for 32bit builds and host tools have
+	# limited architecture support
+	depends on BR2_HOSTARCH = "x86_64" || BR2_HOSTARCH = "x86"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_QT5_JSCORE_AVAILABLE # qt5declarative
 	depends on !BR2_BINFMT_FLAT # qt5base-icu
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # libglib2, qt5base-dbus