diff --git a/package/taskd/Config.in b/package/taskd/Config.in
index 28361612e4..7a9a136034 100644
--- a/package/taskd/Config.in
+++ b/package/taskd/Config.in
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_TASKD
 	bool "taskd"
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # gnutls, util-linux
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
+	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_GNUTLS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBUUID
@@ -10,6 +11,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_TASKD
 
 	  http://taskwarrior.org/
 
-comment "taskd needs a toolchain w/ wchar"
+comment "taskd needs a toolchain w/ C++, wchar"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
-	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR
+	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR || !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP