diff --git a/package/libnftnl/Config.in b/package/libnftnl/Config.in
index 75ca51910f..ffd9d5b8b7 100644
--- a/package/libnftnl/Config.in
+++ b/package/libnftnl/Config.in
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBNFTNL
 	depends on BR2_INET_IPV6
 	depends on BR2_LARGEFILE
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	# bad headers, no sa_family_t in linux/socket.h
+	depends on !(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_CODESOURCERY_POWERPC201103 || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_CODESOURCERY_POWERPC201009)
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBMNL
 	help
 	  libnftnl is a userspace library providing a low-level