diff --git a/package/gstreamer1/gst1-imx/Config.in b/package/gstreamer1/gst1-imx/Config.in
index 7b46233b53..41ef8548c5 100644
--- a/package/gstreamer1/gst1-imx/Config.in
+++ b/package/gstreamer1/gst1-imx/Config.in
@@ -88,11 +88,13 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GST1_IMX_V4L2VIDEOSRC
 config BR2_PACKAGE_GST1_IMX_V4L2VIDEOSINK
 	bool "imxv4l2videosink"
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_4_2 # V4L2_COLORSPACE_DEFAULT
+	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP # gst1-plugins-bad
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_GST1_PLUGINS_BAD
 	help
 	  Elements for V4L2 output
 
-comment "imxv4l2videosink needs a toolchain w/ headers >= 4.2"
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_4_2
+comment "imxv4l2videosink needs a toolchain w/ headers >= 4.2, C++"
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_4_2 || \
+		!BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 
 endif
diff --git a/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-bad/Config.in b/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-bad/Config.in
index 234d57636b..669360adb1 100644
--- a/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-bad/Config.in
+++ b/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-bad/Config.in
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 menuconfig BR2_PACKAGE_GST1_PLUGINS_BAD
 	bool "gst1-plugins-bad"
+	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_GST1_PLUGINS_BASE
 	help
 	  A set of plug-ins for GStreamer that may be of poor quality
@@ -724,3 +725,6 @@ comment "zbar plugin needs a toolchain w/ threads, C++ and headers >= 3.0"
 		|| !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_3_0
 
 endif
+
+comment "gst1-plugins-bad needs a toolchain w/ C++"
+	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
diff --git a/package/gstreamer1/gst1-vaapi/Config.in b/package/gstreamer1/gst1-vaapi/Config.in
index 91bd4f85dd..ade8b83a5f 100644
--- a/package/gstreamer1/gst1-vaapi/Config.in
+++ b/package/gstreamer1/gst1-vaapi/Config.in
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GST1_VAAPI
 	bool "gst1-vaapi"
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # dlopen(), libva
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # libva, libdrm
+	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP # gst1-plugins-bad
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_UDEV
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBVA
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBDRM
@@ -45,6 +46,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GST1_VAAPI_ENCODERS
 
 endif
 
-comment "gst1-vaapi needs udev /dev management and a toolchain w/ threads, dynamic library"
+comment "gst1-vaapi needs udev /dev management and a toolchain w/ threads, dynamic library, C++"
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || BR2_STATIC_LIBS || \
-		!BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_UDEV
+		!BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_UDEV || !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP