diff --git a/packages/picolibc/1.7.1/chksum b/packages/picolibc/1.7.1/chksum
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e20e9a99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/picolibc/1.7.1/chksum
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+md5 picolibc-1.7.1.tar.xz c35296fa0eeb625f6664ae80ea252b09
+sha1 picolibc-1.7.1.tar.xz 3b1948feee5d1c5325fbc81963e6d5480aa9b927
+sha256 picolibc-1.7.1.tar.xz 6301c22c385d299c4fbb36e23b55a4e65b7a14952ee62c8638a535063a310857
+sha512 picolibc-1.7.1.tar.xz 03bf635841e8f96e8a675162693f7275f907ae4dd97e51c962d969c2b9c721240625c0e7d9582a41804913c36c1db15844ccabd0926ceda67ffb169b29a5d5f6
diff --git a/packages/picolibc/1.7.1/version.desc b/packages/picolibc/1.7.1/version.desc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/packages/picolibc/package.desc b/packages/picolibc/package.desc
index 63d89c98..15206e66 100644
--- a/packages/picolibc/package.desc
+++ b/packages/picolibc/package.desc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 origin='keithp.com'
 repository='git https://github.com/picolibc/picolibc.git'
-milestones='1.4 1.5 1.6'
+milestones='1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7'
 relevantpattern='*.*|.*. *.*|.'
 archive_formats='.tar.xz'
 mirrors='https://github.com/picolibc/picolibc/releases/download/${CT_PICOLIBC_VERSION}'
diff --git a/scripts/build/companion_libs/340-picolibc.sh b/scripts/build/companion_libs/340-picolibc.sh
index 525497ae..cb96e716 100644
--- a/scripts/build/companion_libs/340-picolibc.sh
+++ b/scripts/build/companion_libs/340-picolibc.sh
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ do_cc_libstdcxx_picolibc()
         final_opts+=( "lang_list=c,c++" )
         final_opts+=( "build_step=libstdcxx" )
 	final_opts+=( "extra_config+=('--enable-stdio=stdio_pure')" )
+	final_opts+=( "extra_config+=('--disable-wchar_t')" )
 	if [ "${CT_LIBC_PICOLIBC_ENABLE_TARGET_OPTSPACE}" = "y" ]; then
 	    final_opts+=( "enable_optspace=yes" )
 	fi