diff --git a/Config.in b/Config.in
index 6db36b926c..dcd15e883a 100644
--- a/Config.in
+++ b/Config.in
@@ -553,7 +553,8 @@ config BR2_GOOGLE_BREAKPAD_ENABLE
 	bool "Enable google-breakpad support"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_GOOGLE_BREAKPAD
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC
+	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
+	depends on (BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC)
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_GOOGLE_BREAKPAD_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	help
 	  This option will enable the use of google breakpad, a library
diff --git a/package/google-breakpad/Config.in b/package/google-breakpad/Config.in
index 7b8eeb1a3e..fdaab7a665 100644
--- a/package/google-breakpad/Config.in
+++ b/package/google-breakpad/Config.in
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GOOGLE_BREAKPAD_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 config BR2_PACKAGE_GOOGLE_BREAKPAD
 	bool "google-breakpad"
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC
+	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
+	depends on (BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC)
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_GOOGLE_BREAKPAD_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	help
 	  Google-Breakpad is a library and tool suite that allows you
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GOOGLE_BREAKPAD
 
 	  http://code.google.com/p/google-breakpad/
 
-comment "google-breakpad requires a glibc toolchain w/ C++ enabled"
+comment "google-breakpad requires a glibc or uClibc toolchain w/ wchar, C++ enabled"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_GOOGLE_BREAKPAD_ARCH_SUPPORTS
-	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC
+	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_USE_WCHAR || \
+		!(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC)