diff --git a/devel/cppunit/Makefile b/devel/cppunit/Makefile
index 594c350b3..91b74e61a 100644
--- a/devel/cppunit/Makefile
+++ b/devel/cppunit/Makefile
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ define Package/cppunit
   CATEGORY:=Development
   TITLE:=Unit Testing Library for C++
   URL:=http://cppunit.sourceforge.net/
+  DEPENDS:=+libstdcpp
 endef
 
 define Package/cppunit/description