diff --git a/package/procps-ng/procps-ng.mk b/package/procps-ng/procps-ng.mk
index a6cf774d7b..0d5ce9ddf0 100644
--- a/package/procps-ng/procps-ng.mk
+++ b/package/procps-ng/procps-ng.mk
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ PROCPS_NG_CONF_OPTS += \
 	--enable-watch8bit
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_USE_WCHAR),)
+PROCPS_NG_CONF_OPTS += CPPFLAGS=-DOFF_XTRAWIDE
+endif
+
 # numa support requires libdl, so explicitly disable it when
 # BR2_STATIC_LIBS=y
 ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),y)