diff --git a/package/qemu/Config.in b/package/qemu/Config.in
index e8d03da104..ebd2684ac3 100644
--- a/package/qemu/Config.in
+++ b/package/qemu/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-comment "QEMU requires a toolchain with threads"
+comment "QEMU requires a toolchain with IPv6, wchar, threads"
 	depends on BR2_i386 || BR2_x86_64
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
+	depends on !(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS && BR2_USE_WCHAR && BR2_INET_IPV6)
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_QEMU
 	bool "QEMU"
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_QEMU
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # gettext
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
+	depends on BR2_INET_IPV6 # for linux-user
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGLIB2
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PIXMAN
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB