diff --git a/package/fio/Config.in b/package/fio/Config.in
index 8da227db7c..7825209b4c 100644
--- a/package/fio/Config.in
+++ b/package/fio/Config.in
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_FIO
 	bool "fio"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9 # C11/stdatomic.h
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_4
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	# fio uses fallocate() which becomes fallocate64() while compiling with
@@ -13,8 +14,9 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_FIO
 
 	  http://git.kernel.dk/?p=fio.git;a=summary
 
-comment "fio needs a toolchain w/ dynamic library, threads"
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+comment "fio needs a toolchain w/ dynamic library, threads, gcc >= 4.9"
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || BR2_STATIC_LIBS || \
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_4
 	depends on !BR2_nios2
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU