diff --git a/package/clamav/Config.in b/package/clamav/Config.in
index 56bf0af38c..2017011b67 100644
--- a/package/clamav/Config.in
+++ b/package/clamav/Config.in
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_CLAMAV
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
+	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBTOOL
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_CLAMAV
 
 	  http://www.clamav.net
 
-comment "clamav needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads"
-	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+comment "clamav needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads, wchar"
+	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP \
+		|| !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || !BR2_USE_WCHAR
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU