diff --git a/package/perl-dbd-mysql/Config.in b/package/perl-dbd-mysql/Config.in
index b430e44027..cd75c9d18b 100644
--- a/package/perl-dbd-mysql/Config.in
+++ b/package/perl-dbd-mysql/Config.in
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PERL_DBD_MYSQL
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP # mariadb
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # mariadb
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # mariadb
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ATOMIC || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_8 # mariadb
+	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # mariadb
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_MARIADB
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PERL_DBI # runtime
 	help
@@ -11,7 +13,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PERL_DBD_MYSQL
 
 	  http://dbi.perl.org/
 
-comment "perl-dbd-mysql needs a toolchain w/ dynamic library, C++, threads"
+comment "perl-dbd-mysql needs a toolchain w/ dynamic library, wchar, C++, threads"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ATOMIC || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_8
 	depends on BR2_STATIC_LIBS || !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || \
-		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || !BR2_USE_WCHAR