diff --git a/package/python-treq/Config.in b/package/python-treq/Config.in
index a8590a9740..4a237373d1 100644
--- a/package/python-treq/Config.in
+++ b/package/python-treq/Config.in
@@ -5,9 +5,13 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_TREQ
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_SIX # runtime
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_TWISTED # runtime
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_PYOPENSSL # runtime
+	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP # python-pyopenssl
 	help
 	  treq is an HTTP library inspired by requests but written on
 	  top of Twisted's Agents.  It provides a simple, higher level
 	  API for making HTTP requests when using Twisted.
 
 	  https://github.com/twisted/treq
+
+comment "python-treq needs a toolchain w/ C++"
+	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP