diff --git a/package/redis-plus-plus/Config.in b/package/redis-plus-plus/Config.in
index 6a21aee2b3..64a84102d4 100644
--- a/package/redis-plus-plus/Config.in
+++ b/package/redis-plus-plus/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_REDIS_PLUS_PLUS
 	bool "redis-plus-plus"
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_HIREDIS
 	help
 	  Redis client written in C++
@@ -11,5 +12,5 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_REDIS_PLUS_PLUS
 
 	  https://github.com/sewenew/redis-plus-plus
 
-comment "redis-plus-plus needs a toolchain w/ C++"
-	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+comment "redis-plus-plus needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads"
+	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS