diff --git a/package/imagemagick/imagemagick.mk b/package/imagemagick/imagemagick.mk
index 6bdf24c1e8..8a2ec460d5 100644
--- a/package/imagemagick/imagemagick.mk
+++ b/package/imagemagick/imagemagick.mk
@@ -178,6 +178,12 @@ else
 IMAGEMAGICK_CONF_OPTS += --without-bzlib
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP),y)
+IMAGEMAGICK_CONF_OPTS += --with-utilities
+else
+IMAGEMAGICK_CONF_OPTS += --without-utilities
+endif
+
 HOST_IMAGEMAGICK_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--disable-opencl \
 	--disable-openmp \