diff --git a/package/poco/poco.mk b/package/poco/poco.mk
index a18f209c1f..3516c04455 100644
--- a/package/poco/poco.mk
+++ b/package/poco/poco.mk
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ ifeq ($(LIBC),uclibc)
 POCO_CONF_OPT += --no-fpenvironment --no-wstring
 endif
 
+# sh4a is missing FE_DOWNWARD and FE_UPWARD in its fenv.h
+ifeq ($(BR2_sh4a),y)
+POCO_CONF_OPT += --no-fpenvironment
+endif
+
 define POCO_CONFIGURE_CMDS
 	(cd $(@D); ./configure \
 		--config=Linux-CrossEnv	\