diff --git a/toolchain/toolchain-external/toolchain-external.mk b/toolchain/toolchain-external/toolchain-external.mk
index 85fc341a6a..aaf49945a9 100644
--- a/toolchain/toolchain-external/toolchain-external.mk
+++ b/toolchain/toolchain-external/toolchain-external.mk
@@ -54,8 +54,16 @@
 #  $(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin like for the internal toolchains, and the rest
 #  of Buildroot is handled identical for the 2 toolchain types.
 
-LIB_EXTERNAL_LIBS=ld*.so libc.so libcrypt.so libdl.so libgcc_s.so libm.so libnsl.so libresolv.so librt.so libutil.so
-LIB_EXTERNAL_LIBS+=$(call qstrip,$(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTRA_EXTERNAL_LIBS))
+ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GLIBC)$(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_UCLIBC),y)
+LIB_EXTERNAL_LIBS+=ld*.so libc.so libcrypt.so libdl.so libgcc_s.so libm.so libnsl.so libresolv.so librt.so libutil.so
+ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS),y)
+LIB_EXTERNAL_LIBS+=libpthread.so
+ifneq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GDB_SERVER)$(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GDB_SERVER_COPY),)
+LIB_EXTERNAL_LIBS+=libthread_db.so
+endif # gdbserver
+endif # ! no threads
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GLIBC),y)
 LIB_EXTERNAL_LIBS+=libnss_files.so libnss_dns.so
 endif
@@ -64,12 +72,7 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP),y)
 USR_LIB_EXTERNAL_LIBS+=libstdc++.so
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS),y)
-LIB_EXTERNAL_LIBS+=libpthread.so
-ifneq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GDB_SERVER)$(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GDB_SERVER_COPY),)
-LIB_EXTERNAL_LIBS+=libthread_db.so
-endif # gdbserver
-endif # ! no threads
+LIB_EXTERNAL_LIBS+=$(call qstrip,$(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTRA_EXTERNAL_LIBS))
 
 # Details about sysroot directory selection.
 #