diff --git a/package/tvheadend/Config.in b/package/tvheadend/Config.in
index 74df825db0..a5bbeee90d 100644
--- a/package/tvheadend/Config.in
+++ b/package/tvheadend/Config.in
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-comment "tvheadend needs a toolchain w/ largefile, IPv6, NPTL"
-	depends on !BR2_LARGEFILE || !BR2_INET_IPV6 || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL
+comment "tvheadend needs a toolchain w/ largefile, IPv6, NPTL, headers >= 3.2"
+	depends on !BR2_LARGEFILE || !BR2_INET_IPV6 || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_3_2
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_TVHEADEND
 	bool "tvheadend"
 	depends on BR2_LARGEFILE && BR2_INET_IPV6
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_3_2
 	# tvheadend requires an atomic_add operation. Either you have
 	# a gcc >= 4.3 toolchain and it uses the gcc intrinsics, or it
 	# has special code for x86, x86-64, PPC and ARM. So in the