diff --git a/package/criu/Config.in b/package/criu/Config.in
index fc0da823b3..4c295acf4f 100644
--- a/package/criu/Config.in
+++ b/package/criu/Config.in
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_CRIU
 
 	  https://criu.org/Main_Page
 
-comment "criu needs a glibc or musl toolchain w/ threads, gcc >= 8, headers >= 4.18, dynamic library, wchar"
+comment "criu needs a glibc or musl toolchain w/ threads, gcc >= 8, headers >= 4.18, C++, dynamic library, wchar"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_CRIU_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_8 || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS \
 		|| !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_4_18 \
-		|| BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC \
+		|| BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC || !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP \
 		|| BR2_STATIC_LIBS || !BR2_USE_WCHAR