diff --git a/package/powertop/Config.in b/package/powertop/Config.in
index 5ba83b3c23..a532302a64 100644
--- a/package/powertop/Config.in
+++ b/package/powertop/Config.in
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_POWERTOP
 	bool "powertop"
-	# pciutils dependency
-	depends on !BR2_bfin
-	# libnl dependency
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	depends on !BR2_bfin # pciutils
+	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # libnl
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PCIUTILS
@@ -14,6 +13,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_POWERTOP
 
 	  https://01.org/powertop/
 
-comment "powertop needs a toolchain w/ threads, wchar"
+comment "powertop needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads, wchar"
 	depends on !BR2_bfin
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || !BR2_USE_WCHAR
+	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \
+		!BR2_USE_WCHAR