diff --git a/package/collectd/Config.in b/package/collectd/Config.in
index 276ad17329..cd5d876e80 100644
--- a/package/collectd/Config.in
+++ b/package/collectd/Config.in
@@ -572,6 +572,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_GRPC
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP # grpc -> protobuf
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PROTOBUF_ARCH_SUPPORTS # grpc -> protobuf
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 # grpc -> protobuf
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LIBABSEIL_CPP_ARCH_SUPPORTS # grpc
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_GRPC
 	help
 	  Send/receive values using the gRPC protocol.
@@ -580,6 +581,7 @@ comment "grpc needs a toolchain w/ C++, gcc >= 4.8"
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_4 || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ATOMIC
 	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PROTOBUF_ARCH_SUPPORTS
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LIBABSEIL_CPP_ARCH_SUPPORTS # grpc
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_MQTT
 	bool "mqtt"
diff --git a/package/grpc/Config.in b/package/grpc/Config.in
index 43ccddbdaf..a2da3f4c53 100644
--- a/package/grpc/Config.in
+++ b/package/grpc/Config.in
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GRPC
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 # protobuf
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # protobuf, libabseil-cpp
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_4 || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ATOMIC
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LIBABSEIL_CPP_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_C_ARES
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBABSEIL_CPP
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GRPC
 	  http://github.com/grpc/grpc
 
 comment "grpc needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads, dynamic library, gcc >= 4.8"
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LIBABSEIL_CPP_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_4 || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ATOMIC
 	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS \
 		|| BR2_STATIC_LIBS || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8
diff --git a/package/libabseil-cpp/Config.in b/package/libabseil-cpp/Config.in
index 7b1ca37917..5e20a82856 100644
--- a/package/libabseil-cpp/Config.in
+++ b/package/libabseil-cpp/Config.in
@@ -1,8 +1,22 @@
+# see absl/debugging/internal/examine_stack.cc for the list of
+# architectures that are supported, and for which ucontext is used.
+config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBABSEIL_CPP_ARCH_SUPPORTS
+	bool
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_UCONTEXT
+	default y if BR2_aarch64 || BR2_aarch64_be
+	default y if BR2_arm || BR2_armeb
+	default y if BR2_i386
+	default y if BR2_mips || BR2_mipsel || BR2_mips64 || BR2_mips64el
+	default y if BR2_powerpc || BR2_powerpc64 || BR2_powerpc64le
+	default y if BR2_riscv
+	default y if BR2_x86_64
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBABSEIL_CPP
 	bool "libabseil-cpp"
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # uses dlfcn.h
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LIBABSEIL_CPP_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	help
 	  Abseil is an open-source collection of C++ library code
 	  designed to augment the C++ standard library. The Abseil
@@ -13,5 +27,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBABSEIL_CPP
 	  https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp
 
 comment "libabseil-cpp needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads, dynamic library"
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LIBABSEIL_CPP_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \
 		BR2_STATIC_LIBS