diff --git a/package/findutils/Config.in b/package/findutils/Config.in
index 25a13c608..bbe2cc14b 100644
--- a/package/findutils/Config.in
+++ b/package/findutils/Config.in
@@ -6,3 +6,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_FINDUTILS
 	  common 'find', 'xargs', 'locate', and 'updatedb' binaries.
 
 	  http://www.gnu.org/software/findutils/findutils.html
+
+comment "findutils requires a toolchain with WCHAR support"
+	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR