diff --git a/package/apitrace/Config.in b/package/apitrace/Config.in
index 45b4c307bb..08313c4891 100644
--- a/package/apitrace/Config.in
+++ b/package/apitrace/Config.in
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-comment "apitrace needs a toolchain w/ C++, gcc >= 4.9"
-	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9
+comment "apitrace needs a toolchain w/ C++, wchar, gcc >= 4.9"
+	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_USE_WCHAR || \
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_APITRACE
 	bool "apitrace"
+	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_XLIB_LIBX11 if BR2_PACKAGE_XORG7