diff --git a/package/sane-airscan/Config.in b/package/sane-airscan/Config.in
index b7cf224741..2324a3f661 100644
--- a/package/sane-airscan/Config.in
+++ b/package/sane-airscan/Config.in
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_SANE_AIRSCAN
 	bool "sane-airscan"
+	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # avahi, gnutls, sane-backends
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # avahi, dbus
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # avahi, gnutls
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_SANE_AIRSCAN
 
 	  https://github.com/alexpevzner/sane-airscan
 
-comment "sane-airscan needs a toolchain w/ wchar, dynamic library, threads"
+comment "sane-airscan needs a toolchain w/ wchar, dynamic library, threads, C++"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR || BR2_STATIC_LIBS || \
-		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP