diff --git a/utils/checksymbolslib/br.py b/utils/checksymbolslib/br.py
index f9dc336e64..a4c1b84c56 100644
--- a/utils/checksymbolslib/br.py
+++ b/utils/checksymbolslib/br.py
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ symbols_not_defined_for_fake_virtual_packages = [
     'BR2_PACKAGE_PROVIDES_TOOLCHAIN_BUILDROOT',
     'BR2_PACKAGE_PROVIDES_TOOLCHAIN_BARE_METAL_BUILDROOT',
 ]
+# Config.in
+symbols_possibly_unused = [
+    'BR2_BROKEN',
+]
 # fs/common.mk
 suffixes_not_defined_for_all_rootfs_types = [
     '_BZIP2',
diff --git a/utils/checksymbolslib/db.py b/utils/checksymbolslib/db.py
index 71b1e9e816..cb0dfa476f 100644
--- a/utils/checksymbolslib/db.py
+++ b/utils/checksymbolslib/db.py
@@ -155,6 +155,8 @@ class DB:
                 continue
             if legacy_usage in entries:
                 continue
+            if symbol in br.symbols_possibly_unused:
+                continue
             if symbol in br.symbols_used_only_in_source_code:
                 continue
             if symbol in br.symbols_used_only_for_host_variant: