diff --git a/package/refpolicy/Config.in b/package/refpolicy/Config.in
index 043cc40a72..0e72b895df 100644
--- a/package/refpolicy/Config.in
+++ b/package/refpolicy/Config.in
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_REFPOLICY
 	bool "refpolicy"
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # libsepol
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_5 # libsepol
+	depends on BR2_HOST_GCC_AT_LEAST_5 # host-setools -> host-libsepol
 	# Even though libsepol is not necessary for building, we get
 	# the policy version from libsepol, so we select it, and treat
 	# it like a runtime dependency.
@@ -114,6 +115,7 @@ endif
 
 endif
 
-comment "refpolicy needs a toolchain w/ threads, gcc >= 5"
+comment "refpolicy needs a toolchain w/ threads, gcc >= 5, host gcc >= 5"
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \
-		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_5
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_5 || \
+		!BR2_HOST_GCC_AT_LEAST_5