diff --git a/package/fwts/Config.in b/package/fwts/Config.in
index ac9a2e3909..08608d1dd7 100644
--- a/package/fwts/Config.in
+++ b/package/fwts/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_FWTS_ARCH_SUPPORTS
+	bool
+	default y if BR2_aarch64
+	default y if BR2_arm
+	default y if BR2_i386
+	default y if BR2_x86_64
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_FWTS
 	bool "fwts"
-	depends on BR2_i386 || BR2_x86_64 || BR2_aarch64
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_FWTS_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LIBBSD_ARCH_SUPPORTS # libbsd
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # libglib2
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # libglib2, libbsd
@@ -33,7 +40,7 @@ comment "efi_runtime module needs a Linux kernel to be built"
 endif
 
 comment "fwts needs a glibc toolchain w/ wchar, threads, dynamic library"
-	depends on BR2_i386 || BR2_x86_64 || BR2_aarch64
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_FWTS_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LIBBSD_ARCH_SUPPORTS # libbsd
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \