diff --git a/package/qemu/Config.in b/package/qemu/Config.in
index ea6b94605c..8bae5f40ec 100644
--- a/package/qemu/Config.in
+++ b/package/qemu/Config.in
@@ -69,11 +69,16 @@ comment "systems emulation needs a toolchain w/ dynamic library"
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_QEMU_LINUX_USER
 	bool "Enable all Linux user-land emulation"
+	# Incompatible "struct sigevent" definition on musl
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_MUSL
 	help
 	  Say 'y' to build all Linux user-land emulators that QEMU supports.
 
 # Note: bsd-user can not be build on Linux
 
+comment "Linux user-land emulation needs a glibc or uClibc toolchain"
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_MUSL
+
 endif # BR2_PACKAGE_QEMU_CUSTOM_TARGETS == ""
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_QEMU_HAS_EMULS