diff --git a/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-bad/Config.in b/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-bad/Config.in
index a28243b8f3..26a963eb13 100644
--- a/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-bad/Config.in
+++ b/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-bad/Config.in
@@ -635,7 +635,12 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GST1_PLUGINS_BAD_PLUGIN_HLS
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_GST1_PLUGINS_BAD_PLUGIN_X265
 	bool "x265"
+	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_X265
 	help
-	  x265 plugin
+	  x265 encoding plugin
+
+comment "x265 needs a toolchain w/ C++"
+	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 
 endif
diff --git a/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-bad/gst1-plugins-bad.mk b/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-bad/gst1-plugins-bad.mk
index fe5f2427cf..1c42a60e34 100644
--- a/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-bad/gst1-plugins-bad.mk
+++ b/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-bad/gst1-plugins-bad.mk
@@ -760,6 +760,8 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GST1_PLUGINS_BAD_PLUGIN_X265),y)
 GST1_PLUGINS_BAD_CONF_OPTS += --enable-x265
+GST1_PLUGINS_BAD_DEPENDENCIES += x265
+GST1_PLUGINS_BAD_HAS_GPL_LICENSE = y
 else
 GST1_PLUGINS_BAD_CONF_OPTS += --disable-x265
 endif