diff --git a/package/numactl/Config.in b/package/numactl/Config.in
index 8ea07bb856..cd47f2f9a9 100644
--- a/package/numactl/Config.in
+++ b/package/numactl/Config.in
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
-config BR2_PACKAGE_NUMACTL
-	bool "numactl"
+config BR2_PACKAGE_NUMACTL_ARCH_SUPPORTS
+	bool
 	# numactl uses some system calls that are not available on all
 	# architectures.
-	depends on BR2_aarch64 || BR2_i386 || BR2_mips || BR2_mipsel || \
-		BR2_mips64 || BR2_mips64el || BR2_powerpc || BR2_x86_64
+	default y if BR2_aarch64
+	default y if BR2_i386 || BR2_x86_64
+	default y if BR2_mips || BR2_mipsel ||  BR2_mips64 || BR2_mips64el
+	default y if BR2_powerpc
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_NUMACTL
+	bool "numactl"
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_NUMACTL_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	help
 	  numactl allows you to run your application on specific cpus
 	  and memory nodes. It does this by supplying a NUMA memory