diff --git a/package/gerbera/Config.in b/package/gerbera/Config.in
index 3078d2017f..0219216276 100644
--- a/package/gerbera/Config.in
+++ b/package/gerbera/Config.in
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GERBERA
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # fmt
+	depends on !BR2_BINFMT_FLAT # icu
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_CXXOPTS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_FMT
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ICU
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GERBERA
 
 comment "gerbera needs a toolchain w/ C++, dynamic library, threads, wchar, gcc >= 8, host gcc >= 7"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
+	depends on !BR2_BINFMT_FLAT
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ATOMIC
 	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || BR2_STATIC_LIBS || \
 		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || !BR2_USE_WCHAR || \