diff --git a/package/fluidsynth/Config.in b/package/fluidsynth/Config.in
index 5726e235e4..376419ce8f 100644
--- a/package/fluidsynth/Config.in
+++ b/package/fluidsynth/Config.in
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_FLUIDSYNTH
 	# the .pc file installed by fluidsynth does not mention its
 	# indirect dependencies in Libs.private.
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGLIB2
 	help
 	  FluidSynth is a real-time software synthesizer based on the
@@ -128,7 +129,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_FLUIDSYNTH_READLINE
 
 endif # BR2_PACKAGE_FLUIDSYNTH
 
-comment "fluidsynth needs a toolchain w/ threads, wchar, dynamic library"
+comment "fluidsynth needs a toolchain w/ threads, wchar, dynamic library, C++"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \
-		BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+		BR2_STATIC_LIBS || !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP