diff --git a/package/sqlitecpp/Config.in b/package/sqlitecpp/Config.in
index 31de9a3904..614c46cb54 100644
--- a/package/sqlitecpp/Config.in
+++ b/package/sqlitecpp/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_SQLITECPP
 	bool "sqlitecpp"
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9 # C++11
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_SQLITE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_SQLITE_ENABLE_COLUMN_METADATA
@@ -10,5 +11,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_SQLITECPP
 
 	  https://github.com/SRombauts/SQLiteCpp
 
-comment "sqlitecpp needs a toolchain w/ C++11, gcc >= 4.9"
-	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9
+comment "sqlitecpp needs a toolchain w/ C++11, threads, gcc >= 4.9"
+	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9