diff --git a/package/xmrig/Config.in b/package/xmrig/Config.in
index 7024241017..c5c6b3e37b 100644
--- a/package/xmrig/Config.in
+++ b/package/xmrig/Config.in
@@ -8,15 +8,17 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_XMRIG
 	# xmrig needs fenv.h which is not provided by uclibc
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # libuv
+	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBUV
 	help
 	  RandomX, CryptoNight, AstroBWT and Argon2 CPU/GPU miner.
 
 	  https://xmrig.com
 
-comment "xmrig needs a glibc or musl toolchain w/ NPTL, dynamic library"
+comment "xmrig needs a glibc or musl toolchain w/ NPTL, dynamic library, C++"
 	depends on BR2_aarch64 || BR2_x86_64 || BR2_i386
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_4
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL || \
-		BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC || BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+		BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC || BR2_STATIC_LIBS || \
+		!BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP