diff --git a/package/autoconf/Config.in b/package/autoconf/Config.in
index 5f2f148928..c304572ae0 100644
--- a/package/autoconf/Config.in
+++ b/package/autoconf/Config.in
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_AUTOCONF
 	bool "autoconf"
+	depends on !(BR2_avr32 || BR2_bfin || BR2_sh2 || BR2_sh2a || BR2_sh3 || BR2_sh3eb || BR2_sh64)
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PERL
 	help
 	  Extensible program for developing configure scripts.  These
 	  scripts handle all the mundane system/feature detection.
 
 	  http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/
+
+comment "autoconf requires an architecture supported by qemu"
+	depends on BR2_avr32 || BR2_bfin || BR2_sh2 || BR2_sh2a || BR2_sh3 || BR2_sh3eb || BR2_sh64
diff --git a/package/automake/Config.in b/package/automake/Config.in
index 9a9673a6e8..f8d74ef739 100644
--- a/package/automake/Config.in
+++ b/package/automake/Config.in
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_AUTOMAKE
 	bool "automake"
+	depends on !(BR2_avr32 || BR2_bfin || BR2_sh2 || BR2_sh2a || BR2_sh3 || BR2_sh3eb || BR2_sh64)
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_AUTOCONF
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PERL
 	help
@@ -7,3 +8,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_AUTOMAKE
 	  configure scripts (made by autoconf).
 
 	  http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/
+
+comment "automake requires an architecture supported by qemu"
+	depends on BR2_avr32 || BR2_bfin || BR2_sh2 || BR2_sh2a || BR2_sh3 || BR2_sh3eb || BR2_sh64