diff --git a/package/qpdf/Config.in b/package/qpdf/Config.in
index 6f586f651a..56a96e4f41 100644
--- a/package/qpdf/Config.in
+++ b/package/qpdf/Config.in
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_QPDF
 
 	  http://qpdf.sourceforge.net/
 
-comment "qpdf needs a toolchain w/ C++, gcc >= 4.7"
-	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || \
+comment "qpdf needs a toolchain w/ C++, wchar, gcc >= 4.7"
+	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_USE_WCHAR || \
 		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_7