diff --git a/package/cppcms/Config.in b/package/cppcms/Config.in
index c88ae1ed82..2b99b521c8 100644
--- a/package/cppcms/Config.in
+++ b/package/cppcms/Config.in
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_CPPCMS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PCRE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGCRYPT
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
-	# cppcms uses <monetary.h> which doesn't exist in uClibc
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC
 	help
 	  CppCMS is a Free High Performance Web Development Framework
 	  (not a CMS) aimed for Rapid Web Application Development. It
@@ -33,5 +31,5 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_CPPCMS_ICU
 
 endif
 
-comment "cppcms needs an (e)glibc toolchain w/ C++"
-	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC
+comment "cppcms needs a toolchain w/ C++"
+	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
diff --git a/package/cppcms/cppcms.mk b/package/cppcms/cppcms.mk
index 4068df70a1..206b30fcbe 100644
--- a/package/cppcms/cppcms.mk
+++ b/package/cppcms/cppcms.mk
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ CPPCMS_CONF_OPT += -DDISABLE_ICONV=ON
 CPPCMS_DEPENDENCIES += icu
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC),y)
+# posix backend needs monetary.h which isn't available on uClibc
+CPPCMS_CONF_OPT += -DDISABLE_POSIX_LOCALE=on
+endif
+
 # We copy cppcms_tmpl_cc from staging to host because this file can be
 # needed for compiling packages using cppcms. And it is not worth
 # creating a host package just for a python script.