diff --git a/package/clapack/Config.in b/package/clapack/Config.in
index a912eb6c91..98f94b0e60 100644
--- a/package/clapack/Config.in
+++ b/package/clapack/Config.in
@@ -1,14 +1,19 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_CLAPACK_ARCH_SUPPORTS
+	bool
+	default y
+	# assembler: Error: value out of range
+	depends on !BR2_m68k_cf
+	# _fpu_control is used on PowerPC, but not available with
+	# uClibc or musl
+	depends on !BR2_powerpc || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC
+
 comment "clapack needs a glibc toolchain"
 	depends on BR2_powerpc
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_CLAPACK
 	bool "cblas/clapack"
-	# _fpu_control is used on PowerPC, but not available with
-	# uClibc or musl
-	depends on !BR2_powerpc || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC
-	# assembler: Error: value out of range
-	depends on !BR2_m68k_cf
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_CLAPACK_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	help
 	  BLAS and LAPACK C implementation (f2c'ed version of).