diff --git a/package/minizip/Config.in b/package/minizip/Config.in
index b531c45b91..5a0c52b3bb 100644
--- a/package/minizip/Config.in
+++ b/package/minizip/Config.in
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_MINIZIP
 	bool "minizip"
+	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
 	help
 	  Enables to extract files from a .zip archive file.
 	  It is compatible with PKZip 2.04g, WinZip, InfoZip,
@@ -12,3 +13,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_MINIZIP_DEMOS
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_MINIZIP
 	help
 	  Enable minizip binary tool.
+
+comment "minizip needs a toolchain w/ wchar"
+	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR