diff --git a/package/collectd/Config.in b/package/collectd/Config.in
index e6d549f81f..5f39507cff 100644
--- a/package/collectd/Config.in
+++ b/package/collectd/Config.in
@@ -430,13 +430,14 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_NTPD
 config BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_NUT
 	bool "nut"
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_NUT
 	help
 	  The NUT plugin collects uninterruptible power supply (UPS)
 	  statistics using the Network UPS Tools (NUT).
 
-comment "nut needs a toolchain w/ C++"
-	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+comment "nut needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads"
+	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_OLSRD
 	bool "olsrd"
diff --git a/package/nut/Config.in b/package/nut/Config.in
index df647b9b48..0ecd33d583 100644
--- a/package/nut/Config.in
+++ b/package/nut/Config.in
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
-comment "nut needs a toolchain w/ C++"
+comment "nut needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
-	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_NUT
 	bool "nut"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	help
 	  Network UPS tools