diff --git a/package/cutelyst/Config.in b/package/cutelyst/Config.in
index 5a3974a454..91b559bd18 100644
--- a/package/cutelyst/Config.in
+++ b/package/cutelyst/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_CUTELYST
 	bool "cutelyst"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_QT5
+	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 # C++11
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_QT5BASE_GUI
 	help
@@ -8,3 +10,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_CUTELYST
 	  the simple approach of Catalyst (Perl) framework.
 
 	  https://cutelyst.org
+
+comment "cutelyst needs a toolchain w/ C++, gcc >= 4.8"
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_QT5
+	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8