diff --git a/security/beecrypt/beecrypt.conf b/security/beecrypt/beecrypt.conf
index 3b7c68ded..7c5b32880 100644
--- a/security/beecrypt/beecrypt.conf
+++ b/security/beecrypt/beecrypt.conf
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 #
 # Filename: package/.../beecrypt/beecrypt.conf
+# Copyright (C) 2013 The OpenSDE Project
 # Copyright (C) 2004 - 2006 The T2 SDE Project
 #
 # More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
@@ -18,3 +19,8 @@ if [ "$JAVAHOME" ]; then
 else
 	var_append confopt " " "--without-java"
 fi
+
+# C++ wrapper depends on icu4c
+if ! pkginstalled -f icu4c; then
+	var_append extraconfopt ' ' "--without-cplusplus"
+fi