diff --git a/package/vlc/Config.in b/package/vlc/Config.in
index af96d0862a..b030a56edd 100644
--- a/package/vlc/Config.in
+++ b/package/vlc/Config.in
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ endif
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_VLC
 	bool "vlc"
-	depends on (BR2_UCLIBC_VERSION_SNAPSHOT || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC) # spawn.h
+	depends on (BR2_UCLIBC_VERSION_SNAPSHOT || BR2_UCLIBC_VERSION_NG || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC) # spawn.h
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_VLC
 
 	  http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
 
-comment "vlc needs a uclibc snapshot or (e)glibc toolchain w/ C++, wchar, threads, headers >= 3.7"
-	depends on !(BR2_UCLIBC_VERSION_SNAPSHOT || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC) \
+comment "vlc needs a uclibc snapshot, uclibc-ng or (e)glibc toolchain w/ C++, wchar, threads, headers >= 3.7"
+	depends on !(BR2_UCLIBC_VERSION_SNAPSHOT || BR2_UCLIBC_VERSION_NG || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC) \
 		|| !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_USE_WCHAR \
 		|| !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_3_7