diff --git a/package/libarchive/libarchive.mk b/package/libarchive/libarchive.mk
index 6e9c0a1e86..30a231885a 100644
--- a/package/libarchive/libarchive.mk
+++ b/package/libarchive/libarchive.mk
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@ else
 LIBARCHIVE_CONF_OPTS += --without-zlib
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_XZ),y)
+# libarchive requires LZMA with thread support in the toolchain
+ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS)$(BR2_PACKAGE_XZ),yy)
 LIBARCHIVE_DEPENDENCIES += xz
 LIBARCHIVE_CONF_OPTS += --with-lzma
 else