diff --git a/package/ympd/Config.in b/package/ympd/Config.in
index 0223af7694..38a0cf9ba2 100644
--- a/package/ympd/Config.in
+++ b/package/ympd/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_YMPD
 	bool "ympd"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBMPDCLIENT
+	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	depends on BR2_LARGEFILE
 	help