diff --git a/package/efibootmgr/Config.in b/package/efibootmgr/Config.in
index 758c01fefa..9e501f62bc 100644
--- a/package/efibootmgr/Config.in
+++ b/package/efibootmgr/Config.in
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_EFIBOOTMGR
 	bool "efibootmgr"
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_3_12 # efivar
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC # efivar
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_7 # efivar
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_EFIVAR
 	help
 	  A Linux user-space application to modify the Intel Extensible
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_EFIBOOTMGR
 
 	  https://github.com/rhinstaller/efibootmgr
 
-comment "efibootmgr requires a glibc toolchain w/ headers >= 3.12"
+comment "efibootmgr requires a glibc toolchain w/ headers >= 3.12, gcc >= 4.7"
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_3_12 || \
-		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC || \\
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_7
diff --git a/package/efivar/Config.in b/package/efivar/Config.in
index 9cd1f1949e..5342fa4ba3 100644
--- a/package/efivar/Config.in
+++ b/package/efivar/Config.in
@@ -4,12 +4,14 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_EFIVAR
 	# doesn't build with uclibc due to lack of uchar.h
 	# doesn't build with musl due to lack of __bswap_constant_16
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_7
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_POPT
 	help
 	  Tools and libraries to manipulate EFI variables
 
 	  https://github.com/rhinstaller/efivar
 
-comment "efivar requires a glibc toolchain w/ headers >= 3.12"
+comment "efivar requires a glibc toolchain w/ headers >= 3.12, gcc >= 4.7"
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_3_12 || \
-		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC || \
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_7