diff --git a/package/igt-gpu-tools/Config.in b/package/igt-gpu-tools/Config.in
index 809c8e28ac..08fc34e917 100644
--- a/package/igt-gpu-tools/Config.in
+++ b/package/igt-gpu-tools/Config.in
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_IGT_GPU_TOOLS
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_UDEV
-	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # elfutils
+	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # elfutils, procps-ng
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_4_11 # linux/dma-buf.h
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_SHOW_OTHERS # procps-ng
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_CAIRO
diff --git a/package/procps-ng/Config.in b/package/procps-ng/Config.in
index 7af0e97fb4..2b97096f00 100644
--- a/package/procps-ng/Config.in
+++ b/package/procps-ng/Config.in
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
+comment "procps-ng needs a toolchain w/ wchar"
+	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_SHOW_OTHERS
+	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_PROCPS_NG
 	bool "procps-ng"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_SHOW_OTHERS
+	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES
 	help
 	  Standard informational utilities and process-handling tools.