diff --git a/package/freerdp/Config.in b/package/freerdp/Config.in
index 1c203c7a4b..ea36e0e4ab 100644
--- a/package/freerdp/Config.in
+++ b/package/freerdp/Config.in
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_FREERDP
 	bool "freerdp"
+	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB
 	help
@@ -37,3 +38,6 @@ comment "freerdp server and client need X.Org"
 	depends on !BR2_PACKAGE_XORG7
 
 endif
+
+comment "freerdp needs a toolchain w/ wchar"
+	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR
diff --git a/package/weston/Config.in b/package/weston/Config.in
index 8983460e36..dec35839c6 100644
--- a/package/weston/Config.in
+++ b/package/weston/Config.in
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_WESTON_FBDEV
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_WESTON_RDP
 	bool "RDP compositor"
+	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # freerdp
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_FREERDP
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_WESTON_HAS_COMPOSITOR
 	help
@@ -56,6 +57,9 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_WESTON_RDP
 	  so you may want to change them in a post-build script or a rootfs
 	  overlay.
 
+comment "RDP compositor needs a toolchain w/ wchar"
+	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR
+
 # rpi-userland is an EGL/GLES provider, so we can't select it
 config BR2_PACKAGE_WESTON_RPI
 	bool "RPi compositor"