diff --git a/package/lttng-babeltrace/Config.in b/package/lttng-babeltrace/Config.in
index e6f3845ec6..6f47304c15 100644
--- a/package/lttng-babeltrace/Config.in
+++ b/package/lttng-babeltrace/Config.in
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LTTNG_BABELTRACE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBUUID
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGLIB2
+	# libglib2 needs gettext which needs wchar support, and we
+	# also depends on util-linux which needs wchar
+	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
+	# util-linux depends on largefile support
+	depends on BR2_LARGEFILE
 	help
 	  Babeltrace is part of the LTTng 2.x project.
 
@@ -20,3 +25,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LTTNG_BABELTRACE
 	  lttng-tools package.
 
 	  http://lttng.org
+
+comment "lttng-babeltrace needs WCHAR and LARGEFILE support"
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LTTNG_TOOLS && !(BR2_USE_WCHAR || BR2_LARGEFILE)