diff --git a/package/setools/Config.in b/package/setools/Config.in
index 046957f48a..7bab789855 100644
--- a/package/setools/Config.in
+++ b/package/setools/Config.in
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_SETOOLS
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
 	# bfin: infamous _ symbol prefix issue
 	# nios2: triggers some toolchain issue "No symbol version
 	# section for versioned symbol"
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_SETOOLS
 	   * secmds - command-line tools to analyze and search SELinux
 	     policy.
 
-comment "setools needs a toolchain w/ threads, C++, dynamic library"
+comment "setools needs a toolchain w/ threads, C++, wchar, dynamic library"
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || BR2_STATIC_LIBS \
-		|| !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+		|| !BR2_USE_WCHAR || !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	depends on !BR2_nios2 && !BR2_bfin && !BR2_arc