diff --git a/package/babeltrace2/Config.in b/package/babeltrace2/Config.in
index a020d4a7cd..f8db47b354 100644
--- a/package/babeltrace2/Config.in
+++ b/package/babeltrace2/Config.in
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_BABELTRACE2
 	bool "babeltrace2"
+	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # libglib2
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # libglib2
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # libglib2
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_BABELTRACE2
 
 	  https://babeltrace.org/
 
-comment "babeltrace2 needs a toolchain w/ wchar, threads"
+comment "babeltrace2 needs a toolchain w/ wchar, threads, C++"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
-	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \
+		!BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP