diff --git a/pkg/utensor/Makefile.dep b/pkg/utensor/Makefile.dep
index 657b56d8f9..18bd75d2dc 100644
--- a/pkg/utensor/Makefile.dep
+++ b/pkg/utensor/Makefile.dep
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 FEATURES_REQUIRED += cpp
+FEATURES_REQUIRED += libstdcpp
 
 USEMODULE += utensor-ops
 USEMODULE += utensor-util