diff --git a/package/modem-manager/Config.in b/package/modem-manager/Config.in
index fe60850f6..7768f1f16 100644
--- a/package/modem-manager/Config.in
+++ b/package/modem-manager/Config.in
@@ -32,3 +32,4 @@ endif
 comment "modemmanager needs udev /dev management and a toolchain w/ largefile, wchar, threads, IPv6"
 	depends on !BR2_INET_IPV6 || !BR2_LARGEFILE || !BR2_USE_WCHAR || \
 		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || !BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_UDEV
+	depends on BR2_USE_MMU