diff --git a/package/cpuinfo/Config.in b/package/cpuinfo/Config.in
index 257480f068..64477c2bd7 100644
--- a/package/cpuinfo/Config.in
+++ b/package/cpuinfo/Config.in
@@ -15,3 +15,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_CPUINFO
 	  host CPU.
 
 	  https://github.com/pytorch/cpuinfo
+
+comment "cpuinfo needs a toolchain w/ threads"
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS