diff --git a/package/gerbera/Config.in b/package/gerbera/Config.in
index a07bcc5c57..b734de95de 100644
--- a/package/gerbera/Config.in
+++ b/package/gerbera/Config.in
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GERBERA
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ATOMIC
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_7 # C++17 optional
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_8 # C++17 filesystem
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # fmt
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_FMT
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GERBERA
 
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-comment "gerbera needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads, wchar, gcc >= 7"
+comment "gerbera needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads, wchar, gcc >= 8"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ATOMIC
 	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \
-		!BR2_USE_WCHAR || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_7
+		!BR2_USE_WCHAR || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_8