diff --git a/package/bullet/Config.in b/package/bullet/Config.in
index 5d8a57aa47..1f632b8931 100644
--- a/package/bullet/Config.in
+++ b/package/bullet/Config.in
@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_BULLET
 	bool "bullet"
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # dlfcn.h
+	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
 	help
 	  Bullet is a Collision Detection and Rigid Body Dynamics
 	  Library.
 
 	  http://bulletphysics.org
 
-comment "bullet needs a toolchain w/ C++, dynamic library"
-	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+comment "bullet needs a toolchain w/ C++, dynamic library, wchar"
+	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || BR2_STATIC_LIBS || \
+		!BR2_USE_WCHAR