diff --git a/package/azure-iot-sdk-c/Config.in b/package/azure-iot-sdk-c/Config.in
index 9fb956ae0d..366dc91ea6 100644
--- a/package/azure-iot-sdk-c/Config.in
+++ b/package/azure-iot-sdk-c/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_AZURE_IOT_SDK_C
 	bool "azure-iot-sdk-c"
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCURL
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXML2
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL
@@ -12,5 +13,5 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_AZURE_IOT_SDK_C
 
 	  https://docs.microsoft.com/nl-nl/azure/iot-hub/iot-hub-device-sdk-c-intro
 
-comment "azure-iot-sdk-c needs a toolchain w/ C++"
-	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+comment "azure-iot-sdk-c needs a toolchain w/ C++ and NPTL"
+	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL