diff --git a/package/iprutils/Config.in b/package/iprutils/Config.in
index 1bc58e814b..42f372cefc 100644
--- a/package/iprutils/Config.in
+++ b/package/iprutils/Config.in
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_IPRUTILS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES_TARGET_MENU
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSYSFS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PCIUTILS
+	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
 	depends on !BR2_bfin # pciutils
 	help
 	  System utilities for IBM Power RAID devices