diff --git a/package/nilfs-utils/Config.in b/package/nilfs-utils/Config.in
index 0c6b7a0ce8..e49cab369b 100644
--- a/package/nilfs-utils/Config.in
+++ b/package/nilfs-utils/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_NILFS_UTILS
 	bool "nilfs-utils"
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # sem_open()
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL # clock_nanosleep()
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # util-linux libmount, libblkid
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBUUID
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBBLKID
@@ -11,5 +12,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_NILFS_UTILS
 
 	  https://github.com/nilfs-dev/nilfs-utils
 
-comment "nilfs-utils needs a toolchain w/ threads"
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+comment "nilfs-utils needs a toolchain w/ threads, NPTL"
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL