diff --git a/package/stella/Config.in b/package/stella/Config.in
index 326b3f75eb..709da98159 100644
--- a/package/stella/Config.in
+++ b/package/stella/Config.in
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_STELLA
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_5 # C++14
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_GCC_BUG_64735 # exception_ptr
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_SDL2
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBPNG
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB
@@ -16,3 +17,6 @@ comment "stella needs a toolchain w/ dynamic library, C++, threads, gcc >= 5"
 	depends on BR2_STATIC_LIBS || !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || \
 		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \
 		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_5
+
+comment "stella needs a toolchain not affected by GCC bug 64735"
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_GCC_BUG_64735