diff --git a/package/libstrophe/Config.in b/package/libstrophe/Config.in
index d4e6a7d2e..ff805324d 100644
--- a/package/libstrophe/Config.in
+++ b/package/libstrophe/Config.in
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSTROPHE
 	bool "libstrophe"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXML2 if !BR2_PACKAGE_EXPAT
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	help
 	  libstrophe is a lightweight XMPP client library written in C.
 	  It has minimal dependencies and is configurable for various
@@ -9,3 +10,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSTROPHE
 	  based platforms.
 
 	  https://github.com/strophe/libstrophe
+
+comment "libstrophe needs a toolchain w/ threads"
+        depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS