diff --git a/package/bluez5_utils/Config.in b/package/bluez5_utils/Config.in
index 80c383030b..57f8c452a8 100644
--- a/package/bluez5_utils/Config.in
+++ b/package/bluez5_utils/Config.in
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_BLUEZ5_UTILS
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # uses dlfcn
 	depends on !BR2_PACKAGE_BLUEZ_UTILS # conflicts with 4.x version
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_3_4
+	# wordexp support not in our uClibc configuration
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_DBUS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGLIB2
 	help
@@ -74,9 +76,10 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_BLUEZ5_UTILS_TEST
 
 endif
 
-comment "bluez5-utils needs a toolchain w/ wchar, threads, headers >= 3.4, dynamic library"
+comment "bluez5-utils needs a glibc or musl toolchain w/ wchar, threads, headers >= 3.4, dynamic library"
 	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \
-		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_3_4 || BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_3_4 || BR2_STATIC_LIBS || \
+		!(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_MUSL)
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 
 comment "bluez5-utils conflicts with older bluez-utils version"