diff --git a/package/pinentry/Config.in b/package/pinentry/Config.in
index 9048edd21b..ef70908502 100644
--- a/package/pinentry/Config.in
+++ b/package/pinentry/Config.in
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PINENTRY_QT5
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8
+	depends on !BR2_arc
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_QT5
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_QT5BASE_GUI
@@ -68,8 +70,10 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PINENTRY_QT5
 	help
 	  The pinentry-qt5 tool
 
-comment "pinentry-qt5 needs a toolchain w/ wchar, NPTL, C++, dynamic library"
+comment "pinentry-qt5 needs a toolchain w/ wchar, NPTL, gcc >= 4.8, C++, dynamic library"
+	depends on !BR2_arc
 	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_USE_WCHAR || \
-		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL || BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 || \
+		BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 
 endif