diff --git a/package/gpsd/Config.in b/package/gpsd/Config.in
index 69f63f9ea7..b26cf0744b 100644
--- a/package/gpsd/Config.in
+++ b/package/gpsd/Config.in
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
+comment "gpsd needs a toolchain with thread support"
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_GPSD
 	bool "gpsd"
 	# Uses fork()
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	help
 	  gpsd is a service daemon that monitors one or more GPSes or AIS
 	  receivers attached to a host computer through serial or USB ports,