diff --git a/package/uclibc/uclibc.mk b/package/uclibc/uclibc.mk
index c19328e87a..beaa32e67f 100644
--- a/package/uclibc/uclibc.mk
+++ b/package/uclibc/uclibc.mk
@@ -365,6 +365,7 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BUILDROOT_WCHAR),y)
 UCLIBC_WCHAR_CONFIG = $(call KCONFIG_ENABLE_OPT,UCLIBC_HAS_WCHAR)
+UCLIBC_UCHAR_CONFIG = $(call KCONFIG_ENABLE_OPT,UCLIBC_HAS_UCHAR)
 else
 UCLIBC_WCHAR_CONFIG = $(call KCONFIG_DISABLE_OPT,UCLIBC_HAS_WCHAR)
 endif
@@ -431,6 +432,7 @@ define UCLIBC_KCONFIG_FIXUP_CMDS
 	$(UCLIBC_THREAD_DEBUG_CONFIG)
 	$(UCLIBC_LOCALE_CONFIG)
 	$(UCLIBC_WCHAR_CONFIG)
+	$(UCLIBC_UCHAR_CONFIG)
 	$(UCLIBC_SHARED_LIBS_CONFIG)
 endef