diff --git a/package/python-pyproj/Config.in b/package/python-pyproj/Config.in
index ee829d71c5..19bdd82d43 100644
--- a/package/python-pyproj/Config.in
+++ b/package/python-pyproj/Config.in
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_PYPROJ
 	bool "python-pyproj"
+	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP # proj
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_7 # proj
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL # proj
+	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # proj
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_CERTIFI # runtime
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PROJ # runtime
 	help
@@ -7,3 +11,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_PYPROJ
 	  coordinate transformations library).
 
 	  https://github.com/pyproj4/pyproj
+
+comment "python-pyproj needs a toolchain w/ C++, gcc >= 4.7, NPTL, wchar"
+	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || \
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_7 || \
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL || !BR2_USE_WCHAR