diff --git a/toolchain/toolchain-buildroot/Config.in b/toolchain/toolchain-buildroot/Config.in
index 840668c2c8..11404e8daa 100644
--- a/toolchain/toolchain-buildroot/Config.in
+++ b/toolchain/toolchain-buildroot/Config.in
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BUILDROOT_GLIBC
 		   BR2_x86_64 || BR2_microblaze
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 	depends on !BR2_PREFER_STATIC_LIB
+	depends on !BR2_powerpc_SPE
 	select BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC
 	# our glibc.mk enables RPC support
 	select BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_NATIVE_RPC