diff --git a/include/mbedtls/check_config.h b/include/mbedtls/check_config.h
index b5d2c40..dcb6392 100644
--- a/include/mbedtls/check_config.h
+++ b/include/mbedtls/check_config.h
@@ -989,6 +989,13 @@
 #error "MBEDTLS_SSL_TRUNCATED_HMAC was removed in Mbed TLS 3.0. See https://github.com/Mbed-TLS/mbedtls/issues/4341"
 #endif
 
+#if defined(MBEDTLS_PKCS7_C) && ( ( !defined(MBEDTLS_ASN1_PARSE_C) ) || \
+    ( !defined(MBEDTLS_OID_C) ) || ( !defined(MBEDTLS_PK_PARSE_C) ) || \
+    ( !defined(MBEDTLS_X509_CRT_PARSE_C) ) ||\
+    ( !defined(MBEDTLS_X509_CRL_PARSE_C) ) || ( !defined(MBEDTLS_BIGNUM_C) ) )
+#error  "MBEDTLS_PKCS7_C is defined, but not all prerequisites"
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Avoid warning from -pedantic. This is a convenient place for this
  * workaround since this is included by every single file before the