diff --git a/package/docker-credential-acr-env/Config.in b/package/docker-credential-acr-env/Config.in
index ddb101d52f..a4f7766fdd 100644
--- a/package/docker-credential-acr-env/Config.in
+++ b/package/docker-credential-acr-env/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_DOCKER_CREDENTIAL_ACR_ENV
 	bool "docker-credential-acr-env"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_GO_TARGET_ARCH_SUPPORTS
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL  # pthread_*_np()
 	help
 	  The ACR docker credential helper is an alternative to the
 	  existing file store based ACR helper [...] which relies
@@ -10,3 +11,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_DOCKER_CREDENTIAL_ACR_ENV
 	  to push to Azure Container Registry.
 
 	  https://github.com/chrismellard/docker-credential-acr-env/
+
+comment "docker-credential-acr-env needs a toolcahin w/ NPTL"
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_GO_TARGET_ARCH_SUPPORTS
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL