diff --git a/package/wireshark/Config.in b/package/wireshark/Config.in
index 95fc9b38f3..fdeb9da259 100644
--- a/package/wireshark/Config.in
+++ b/package/wireshark/Config.in
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_WIRESHARK
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork(), glib2
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # glib2
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # glib2
+	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_C_ARES
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBPCAP
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGCRYPT
@@ -45,8 +46,8 @@ comment "Qt5 GUI needs a udev /dev management and a toolchain w/ C++, NPTL, host
 
 endif # BR2_PACKAGE_WIRESHARK
 
-comment "wireshark needs a toolchain w/ wchar, threads, dynamic library"
+comment "wireshark needs a toolchain w/ wchar, threads, dynamic library, C++"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGPG_ERROR_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \
-		BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+		BR2_STATIC_LIBS || !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP