diff --git a/package/glibc/Config.in b/package/glibc/Config.in
index d464b3def8..52752e975e 100644
--- a/package/glibc/Config.in
+++ b/package/glibc/Config.in
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GLIBC_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	default y if BR2_microblaze
 	default y if BR2_arc && BR2_ARC_ATOMIC_EXT && !BR2_arc750d && !BR2_arc770d
 	depends on !BR2_POWERPC_CPU_HAS_SPE
-	depends on BR2_RISCV_ISA_RVA || !BR2_riscv
+	# glibc needs atomic instructions, and does not support
+	# single-precision floating point ABIs (ilp32f and lp64f)
+	depends on (BR2_RISCV_ISA_RVA && !BR2_RISCV_ABI_ILP32F && !BR2_RISCV_ABI_LP64F) || !BR2_riscv
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_GLIBC_SUPPORTS