diff --git a/package/lxc/Config.in b/package/lxc/Config.in
index cf85712a5..a90e58e89 100644
--- a/package/lxc/Config.in
+++ b/package/lxc/Config.in
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LXC
 	depends on BR2_LARGEFILE
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
 	depends on !BR2_avr32 # no timerfd
-	depends on !BR2_nios2 # the toolchain doesn't support setns syscall
+	# the toolchain doesn't support setns syscall
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_CODESOURCERY_NIOSII201305
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_CODESOURCERY_NIOSII201405
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_3_0 # libcap
 	help
 	  Linux Containers (LXC), provides the ability to group and isolate
@@ -18,6 +20,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LXC
 comment "lxc needs a toolchain w/ IPv6, threads, largefile, headers >= 3.0"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 	depends on !BR2_avr32 # no timerfd
-	depends on !BR2_nios2 # the toolchain doesn't support setns syscall
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_CODESOURCERY_NIOSII201305
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_CODESOURCERY_NIOSII201405
 	depends on !BR2_INET_IPV6 || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS \
                 || !BR2_LARGEFILE || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_3_0