diff --git a/package/polkit/Config.in b/package/polkit/Config.in
index da5f985623..b47022a026 100644
--- a/package/polkit/Config.in
+++ b/package/polkit/Config.in
@@ -9,3 +9,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_POLKIT
 	  processes to speak to privileged processes.
 
 	  http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/polkit
+
+comment "polkit requires a toolchain with WCHAR support"
+	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR