diff --git a/package/elfutils/Config.in b/package/elfutils/Config.in
index ee1e4abe96..5ec4ca9388 100644
--- a/package/elfutils/Config.in
+++ b/package/elfutils/Config.in
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_ELFUTILS
 	       BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BUILDROOT   || \
 	       BR2_TOOLCHAIN_CTNG_uClibc || \
 	       BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_UCLIBC
+	depends on BR2_LARGEFILE
 	help
 	  Libraries/utilities to handle ELF objects (drop in
 	  replacement for libelf).