diff --git a/package/tzdata/Config.in b/package/tzdata/Config.in
index dec5f86c27..72615d38bf 100644
--- a/package/tzdata/Config.in
+++ b/package/tzdata/Config.in
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+comment "tzdata needs an (e)glibc toolchain"
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_TZDATA
 	bool "tzdata"
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC