diff --git a/package/usbguard/Config.in b/package/usbguard/Config.in
index ce7a3b8bc4..f207fa6826 100644
--- a/package/usbguard/Config.in
+++ b/package/usbguard/Config.in
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_USBGUARD
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PROTOBUF_ARCH_SUPPORTS # protobuf
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP # protobuf
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # libqb, protobuf
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_7 # C++17
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_8 # C++17 filesystem
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # libqb, protobuf
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_GCC_BUG_64735 # std::future
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PROTOBUF
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_USBGUARD
 
 	  https://usbguard.github.io/
 
-comment "usbguard needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads, dynamic library, gcc >= 7"
+comment "usbguard needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads, dynamic library, gcc >= 8"
 	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS \
-		|| BR2_STATIC_LIBS || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_7
+		|| BR2_STATIC_LIBS || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_8
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PROTOBUF_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 
 comment "usbguard needs a toolchain not affected by GCC bug 64735"