diff --git a/package/lttng-tools/Config.in b/package/lttng-tools/Config.in
index 187e424b0b..8888ef7b8a 100644
--- a/package/lttng-tools/Config.in
+++ b/package/lttng-tools/Config.in
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LTTNG_TOOLS
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LIBURCU_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # uses dlfcn
+	# uclibc/musl don't implement dlmopen()/LM_ID_BASE
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBURCU
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXML2
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_POPT
@@ -27,6 +29,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LTTNG_TOOLS
 
 	  http://lttng.org
 
-comment "lttng-tools needs a toolchain w/ threads, dynamic library"
+comment "lttng-tools needs a glibc toolchain w/ threads, dynamic library"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LIBURCU_ARCH_SUPPORTS
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || BR2_STATIC_LIBS || \
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC