diff --git a/package/poppler/Config.in b/package/poppler/Config.in
index 6ff6215e29..521e3e65a8 100644
--- a/package/poppler/Config.in
+++ b/package/poppler/Config.in
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_POPPLER
 	bool "poppler"
+	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_POPPLER_UTILS
 
 endif
 
-comment "poppler needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads, dynamic library, gcc >= 5"
-	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \
-		BR2_STATIC_LIBS || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_5
+comment "poppler needs a toolchain w/ wchar, C++, threads, dynamic library, gcc >= 5"
+	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR || !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || \
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || BR2_STATIC_LIBS || \
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_5