diff --git a/package/mpv/Config.in b/package/mpv/Config.in
index 25288a43d4..2719981467 100644
--- a/package/mpv/Config.in
+++ b/package/mpv/Config.in
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_MPV
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_FFMPEG_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_5
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ATOMIC || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_8
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBICONV if !BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_FFMPEG
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_FFMPEG_SWSCALE
@@ -17,5 +18,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_MPV
 
 comment "mpv needs a toolchain w/ threads, gcc >= 4.5"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_FFMPEG_ARCH_SUPPORTS
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ATOMIC || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_8
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \
 		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_5