diff --git a/toolchain/Config.in b/toolchain/Config.in
index 54b5d173a7..b039ee2ff5 100644
--- a/toolchain/Config.in
+++ b/toolchain/Config.in
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ choice
 
 config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BUILDROOT
 	bool "Buildroot toolchain"
-	depends on !BR2_nios2
 	select BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SHADOW_PASSWORDS
 
 config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL
diff --git a/toolchain/toolchain-buildroot/Config.in b/toolchain/toolchain-buildroot/Config.in
index a69013fb17..1b9f3a3aca 100644
--- a/toolchain/toolchain-buildroot/Config.in
+++ b/toolchain/toolchain-buildroot/Config.in
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BUILDROOT_GLIBC
 		   BR2_mips64      || BR2_mips64el || BR2_powerpc || \
 		   BR2_powerpc64   || BR2_powerpc64le || BR2_sh   || \
 		   BR2_sh64        || BR2_sparc    || BR2_x86_64  || \
-		   BR2_microblaze
+		   BR2_microblaze  || BR2_nios2
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 	depends on !BR2_powerpc_SPE