diff --git a/package/wget/Config.in b/package/wget/Config.in
index 3f79a64da8..354b48f6b0 100644
--- a/package/wget/Config.in
+++ b/package/wget/Config.in
@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_WGET
 	bool "wget"
 	# fork()
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
+	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
 	help
 	  Network utility to retrieve files from http, https and ftp.
 
 	  http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/
+
+comment "wget requires a toolchain with WCHAR support"
+	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR