diff --git a/package/libnfs/Config.in b/package/libnfs/Config.in
index 6642fe4258..2a1ef03cd7 100644
--- a/package/libnfs/Config.in
+++ b/package/libnfs/Config.in
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBNFS
 	bool "libnfs"
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_NATIVE_RPC
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_NATIVE_RPC || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # libtirpc
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBTIRPC if !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_NATIVE_RPC
 	help
 	  nfs userspace implementation.
 
 	  http://github.com/sahlberg/libnfs
 
-comment "libnfs needs a toolchain w/ RPC"
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_NATIVE_RPC
+comment "libnfs needs a toolchain w/ threads"
+	depends on !(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_NATIVE_RPC)
diff --git a/package/libnfs/libnfs.mk b/package/libnfs/libnfs.mk
index 0c8c4f5c17..fb95e21dbc 100644
--- a/package/libnfs/libnfs.mk
+++ b/package/libnfs/libnfs.mk
@@ -13,4 +13,8 @@ LIBNFS_LICENSE = LGPLv2.1+
 LIBNFS_LICENSE_FILES = LICENCE-LGPL-2.1.txt
 LIBNFS_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBTIRPC),y)
+LIBNFS_DEPENDENCIES += libtirpc
+endif
+
 $(eval $(autotools-package))