diff --git a/package/uclibc-ng-test/uclibc-ng-test.mk b/package/uclibc-ng-test/uclibc-ng-test.mk
index 1d1722adee..9f866f5d71 100644
--- a/package/uclibc-ng-test/uclibc-ng-test.mk
+++ b/package/uclibc-ng-test/uclibc-ng-test.mk
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),y)
 UCLIBC_NG_TEST_MAKE_ENV += NO_TLS=1 NO_NPTL=1 NO_DL=1
 endif
+# no TLS macros available
+ifeq ($(BR2_nds32)$(BR2_s390x),y)
+UCLIBC_NG_TEST_MAKE_ENV += NO_TLS=1
+endif
 
 # to execute tests in a deterministic order, call test_gen separately
 define UCLIBC_NG_TEST_BUILD_CMDS