diff --git a/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-bad/Config.in b/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-bad/Config.in
index d477924eec..d2ef450d74 100644
--- a/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-bad/Config.in
+++ b/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-bad/Config.in
@@ -741,11 +741,13 @@ comment "zbar plugin needs a toolchain w/ threads, C++ and headers >= 3.0"
 config BR2_PACKAGE_GST1_PLUGINS_BAD_ZXING
 	bool "zxing"
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # zxing-cpp
+	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # zxing-cpp
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP # zxing-cpp
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZXING_CPP
 
-comment "zxing plugin needs a toolchain w/ C++, dynamic library"
-	depends on BR2_STATIC_LIBS || !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+comment "zxing plugin needs a toolchain w/ C++, wchar, dynamic library"
+	depends on BR2_STATIC_LIBS || !BR2_USE_WCHAR || \
+		!BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 
 endif
 
diff --git a/package/zxing-cpp/Config.in b/package/zxing-cpp/Config.in
index 2550dcf023..0d8b79538d 100644
--- a/package/zxing-cpp/Config.in
+++ b/package/zxing-cpp/Config.in
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
-comment "zxing-cpp needs a toolchain w/ C++, dynamic library"
-	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+comment "zxing-cpp needs a toolchain w/ C++, wchar, dynamic library"
+	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_USE_WCHAR || \
+		BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_ZXING_CPP
 	bool "zxing-cpp"
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_STB
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_PYBIND if BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3