diff --git a/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-bad/Config.in b/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-bad/Config.in
index 239a45bb63..f9f9aed486 100644
--- a/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-bad/Config.in
+++ b/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-bad/Config.in
@@ -665,6 +665,9 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GST1_PLUGINS_BAD_PLUGIN_V4L2CODECS
 	help
 	  Video4Linux Stateless CODECs support
 
+comment "v4l2codecs need udev /dev management"
+	depends on !BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_UDEV
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_GST1_PLUGINS_BAD_PLUGIN_X265
 	bool "x265"
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP