diff --git a/package/gstreamer/gst-plugins-good/Config.in b/package/gstreamer/gst-plugins-good/Config.in
index 36b15a8c0..3e2582032 100644
--- a/package/gstreamer/gst-plugins-good/Config.in
+++ b/package/gstreamer/gst-plugins-good/Config.in
@@ -209,9 +209,15 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GST_PLUGINS_GOOD_PLUGIN_PULSE
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # pulseaudio
 	depends on BR2_LARGEFILE # pulseaudio -> libsndfile
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # pulseaudio
+	depends on BR2_ARCH_HAS_ATOMICS # pulseaudio
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PULSEAUDIO
 	bool "pulseaudio"
 
+comment "pulseaudio support needs a toolchain w/ largefile, threads"
+	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
+	depends on BR2_ARCH_HAS_ATOMICS
+	depends on !BR2_LARGEFILE || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_GST_PLUGINS_GOOD_PLUGIN_SOUPHTTPSRC
 	bool "souphttpsrc (http client)"
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # libsoup -> glib2
diff --git a/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-good/Config.in b/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-good/Config.in
index f44690cd9..22980dcd3 100644
--- a/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-good/Config.in
+++ b/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-good/Config.in
@@ -309,11 +309,17 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GST1_PLUGINS_GOOD_PLUGIN_PULSE
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # pulseaudio
 	depends on BR2_LARGEFILE # pulseaudio -> libsndfile
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # pulseaudio
+	depends on BR2_ARCH_HAS_ATOMICS # pulseaudio
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PULSEAUDIO
 	bool "pulseaudio"
 	help
 	  PulseAudio plugin library
 
+comment "pulseaudio support needs a toolchain w/ largefile, threads"
+	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
+	depends on BR2_ARCH_HAS_ATOMICS
+	depends on !BR2_LARGEFILE || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_GST1_PLUGINS_GOOD_PLUGIN_SOUPHTTPSRC
 	bool "souphttpsrc (http client)"
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # libsoup -> glib2
diff --git a/package/mpd/Config.in b/package/mpd/Config.in
index f5f5b34df..b8a56b75d 100644
--- a/package/mpd/Config.in
+++ b/package/mpd/Config.in
@@ -45,11 +45,13 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_MPD_AUDIOFILE
 config BR2_PACKAGE_MPD_PULSEAUDIO
 	bool "pulseaudio"
 	depends on BR2_LARGEFILE # pulseaudio -> libsndfile
+	depends on BR2_ARCH_HAS_ATOMICS # pulseaudio
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PULSEAUDIO
 	help
 	  Enable pulseaudio output support.
 
 comment "pulseaudio support needs a toolchain w/ largefile"
+	depends on BR2_ARCH_HAS_ATOMICS
 	depends on !BR2_LARGEFILE
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_MPD_BZIP2
diff --git a/package/pulseaudio/Config.in b/package/pulseaudio/Config.in
index ac6222c59..4bf64c206 100644
--- a/package/pulseaudio/Config.in
+++ b/package/pulseaudio/Config.in
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PULSEAUDIO
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_SPEEX
 	depends on BR2_LARGEFILE
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
+	depends on BR2_ARCH_HAS_ATOMICS
 	help
 	  PulseAudio is a sound system for POSIX OSes, meaning that it
 	  is a proxy for your sound applications. It allows you to do
@@ -32,4 +33,5 @@ endif
 
 comment "pulseaudio needs a toolchain w/ wchar, largefile, threads"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
+	depends on BR2_ARCH_HAS_ATOMICS
 	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR || !BR2_LARGEFILE || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS