diff --git a/package/directfb/Config.in b/package/directfb/Config.in
index 2b0d5c75a1..3ab40f98dc 100644
--- a/package/directfb/Config.in
+++ b/package/directfb/Config.in
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_DIRECTFB
 	bool "directfb"
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_5
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_FREETYPE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB
 	help
@@ -157,5 +158,5 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_DIRECTFB_TESTS
 
 endif # BR2_PACKAGE_DIRECTFB
 
-comment "directfb needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads"
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+comment "directfb needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads, gcc >= 4.5"
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_5
diff --git a/package/gstreamer/gst-plugins-bad/Config.in b/package/gstreamer/gst-plugins-bad/Config.in
index 1b465b28db..339c6a6a1c 100644
--- a/package/gstreamer/gst-plugins-bad/Config.in
+++ b/package/gstreamer/gst-plugins-bad/Config.in
@@ -263,6 +263,10 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GST_PLUGINS_BAD_PLUGIN_DIRECTFB
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_DIRECTFB
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_5 # directfb
+
+comment "directfb needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads, gcc >= 4.5"
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_5
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_GST_PLUGINS_BAD_PLUGIN_DVB
 	bool "dvb"
diff --git a/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-bad/Config.in b/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-bad/Config.in
index d268fc6bf7..590a9cf5c3 100644
--- a/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-bad/Config.in
+++ b/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-bad/Config.in
@@ -495,6 +495,10 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GST1_PLUGINS_BAD_PLUGIN_DIRECTFB
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_DIRECTFB
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_5 # directfb
+
+comment "directfb needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads, gcc >= 4.5"
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_5
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_GST1_PLUGINS_BAD_PLUGIN_WAYLAND
 	bool "wayland"
diff --git a/package/qt5/qt5base/Config.in b/package/qt5/qt5base/Config.in
index 106517f441..603df45766 100644
--- a/package/qt5/qt5base/Config.in
+++ b/package/qt5/qt5base/Config.in
@@ -179,6 +179,10 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_QT5BASE_LINUXFB
 config BR2_PACKAGE_QT5BASE_DIRECTFB
 	bool "directfb support"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_DIRECTFB
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_5 # directfb
+
+comment "directfb needs a toolchain w/ gcc >= 4.5"
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_5
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_QT5BASE_XCB
 	bool "X.org XCB support"