diff --git a/package/pipewire/Config.in b/package/pipewire/Config.in
index 80e28d3614..57e70d65f8 100644
--- a/package/pipewire/Config.in
+++ b/package/pipewire/Config.in
@@ -30,6 +30,6 @@ comment "pipewire gstreamer support needs a toolchain w/ wchar, threads"
 
 endif
 
-comment "pipewire needs a toolchain w/ threads"
+comment "pipewire needs udev and a toolchain w/ threads"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	depends on !BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_UDEV || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS