diff --git a/package/aircrack-ng/Config.in b/package/aircrack-ng/Config.in
index b6572dc986..2164ad4070 100644
--- a/package/aircrack-ng/Config.in
+++ b/package/aircrack-ng/Config.in
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_AIRCRACK_NG
 	bool "aircrack-ng"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # uses fork()
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	# libnl has issues when linking statically
 	# they need fixing in libnl itself
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBNL if !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
@@ -15,6 +16,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_AIRCRACK_NG
 
 	  http://www.aircrack-ng.org/
 
-comment "aircrack-ng needs a toolchain w/ threads"
+comment "aircrack-ng needs a toolchain w/ threads, C++"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP