diff --git a/package/python-brotli/Config.in b/package/python-brotli/Config.in
index 1c09c26866..c31315392b 100644
--- a/package/python-brotli/Config.in
+++ b/package/python-brotli/Config.in
@@ -5,3 +5,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_BROTLI
 	  Python bindings for the Brotli compression library.
 
 	  https://github.com/google/brotli
+
+comment "python-brotli needs a toolchain w/ C++"
+	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP