diff --git a/openpower/package/hcode/Config.in b/openpower/package/hcode/Config.in
index 6a5130f..d1610b9 100644
--- a/openpower/package/hcode/Config.in
+++ b/openpower/package/hcode/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_HCODE
         bool "hcode"
         default y if (BR2_OPENPOWER_PLATFORM && BR2_OPENPOWER_POWER9)
+        depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_PPE42_TOOLCHAIN
         select BR2_CPP
         help
             Project to build the hcode firmware codebase
diff --git a/openpower/package/hcode/hcode.mk b/openpower/package/hcode/hcode.mk
index c97d54a..1e4e889 100644
--- a/openpower/package/hcode/hcode.mk
+++ b/openpower/package/hcode/hcode.mk
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 HCODE_INSTALL_IMAGES = YES
 HCODE_INSTALL_TARGET = NO
 
-HCODE_DEPENDENCIES = host-binutils host-ppe42-gcc hostboot-binaries
+HCODE_DEPENDENCIES = host-binutils host-ppe42-toolchain hostboot-binaries
 
 HW_IMAGE_BIN_PATH=output/images/hw_image
 HW_IMAGE_BIN=p9n.hw_image.bin