diff --git a/package/alsa-lib/Config.in b/package/alsa-lib/Config.in
index 8123b5f3e..ca063d856 100644
--- a/package/alsa-lib/Config.in
+++ b/package/alsa-lib/Config.in
@@ -4,12 +4,20 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_ALSA_LIB
 	# https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/view.php?id=4913
 	# is fixed
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ALSA_LIB_PCM
+	# Even though some parts of alsa-lib use threads only when
+	# available, some PCM plugins use them unconditionally. Since
+	# the usage of alsa-lib on no-thread systems is pretty
+	# unlikely, just require thread support globally for alsa-lib.
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	help
 	  The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) provides audio and MIDI
 	  functionality to the Linux operating system.
 
 	  http://www.alsa-project.org/
 
+comment "alsa-lib needs threads support in toolchain"
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+
 if BR2_PACKAGE_ALSA_LIB
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_ALSA_LIB_PYTHON
diff --git a/package/bluez_utils/Config.in b/package/bluez_utils/Config.in
index d63284d26..9836b211e 100644
--- a/package/bluez_utils/Config.in
+++ b/package/bluez_utils/Config.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_BLUEZ_UTILS
 	bool "bluez-utils"
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # libglib2
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # dbus
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # dbus, alsa-lib
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_DBUS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGLIB2
 	help
diff --git a/package/multimedia/alsa-utils/Config.in b/package/multimedia/alsa-utils/Config.in
index c65e33f83..4bc12049e 100644
--- a/package/multimedia/alsa-utils/Config.in
+++ b/package/multimedia/alsa-utils/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_ALSA_UTILS
 	bool "alsa-utils"
 	depends on BR2_LARGEFILE
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # alsa-lib
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ALSA_LIB
 	help
 	  This package contains the command line utilities for the ALSA
@@ -8,8 +9,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_ALSA_UTILS
 
 	  http://www.alsa-project.org/
 
-comment "alsa-utils requires a toolchain with LARGEFILE support"
-	depends on !BR2_LARGEFILE
+comment "alsa-utils requires a toolchain with LARGEFILE and threads support"
+	depends on !BR2_LARGEFILE || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 
 if BR2_PACKAGE_ALSA_UTILS
 menu "ALSA utils selection"
diff --git a/package/multimedia/mpd/Config.in b/package/multimedia/mpd/Config.in
index c7c0cd71a..5d0818299 100644
--- a/package/multimedia/mpd/Config.in
+++ b/package/multimedia/mpd/Config.in
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_MPD_ALSA
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ALSA_LIB
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ALSA_LIB_PCM
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ALSA_LIB_MIXER
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # alsa-lib
 	help
 	  Enable alsa output support.
 
diff --git a/package/portaudio/Config.in b/package/portaudio/Config.in
index f91acc0a2..df884a7f7 100644
--- a/package/portaudio/Config.in
+++ b/package/portaudio/Config.in
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ if BR2_PACKAGE_PORTAUDIO
 config BR2_PACKAGE_PORTAUDIO_ALSA
 	bool "alsa support"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ALSA_LIB
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # alsa-lib
 	default y
 	help
 	  Compile with ALSA support.
diff --git a/package/qt/Config.in b/package/qt/Config.in
index b75f2243f..b99bf4c19 100644
--- a/package/qt/Config.in
+++ b/package/qt/Config.in
@@ -315,6 +315,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_QT_AUDIO_BACKEND
 	bool "QtMultimedia Audio backend"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_QT_MULTIMEDIA
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ALSA_LIB
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # alsa-lib
 	help
 	  Build the ALSA audio backend into QtMultimedia