diff --git a/base/uclibc/pkg_conf/gcc.conf b/base/uclibc/pkg_conf/gcc.conf
index 81e5941a7..ddc8ce8eb 100644
--- a/base/uclibc/pkg_conf/gcc.conf
+++ b/base/uclibc/pkg_conf/gcc.conf
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@
 
 var_append extraconfopt ' ' '--disable-decimal-float'
 
-if [ "$SDECFG_PKG_UCLIBC_THREADSUPPORT" == "none" ]; then
+if [ "$SDECFG_PKG_UCLIBC_THREADSUPPORT" != "new" ]; then
 	var_append extraconfopt ' ' '--disable-tls'
 fi