diff --git a/package/network-manager/Config.in b/package/network-manager/Config.in
index b7f223ebfd..0ed6ca5831 100644
--- a/package/network-manager/Config.in
+++ b/package/network-manager/Config.in
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_NETWORK_MANAGER
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # dbus, libglib2
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # dbus
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_UDEV
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_3_7
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_DBUS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_DBUS_GLIB
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_GNUTLS
@@ -51,9 +52,9 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_NETWORK_MANAGER_PPPD
 	  This option enables support for PPPD daemon
 endif
 
-comment "NetworkManager needs udev /dev management and a toolchain w/ IPv6, largefile, wchar, threads"
+comment "NetworkManager needs udev /dev management and a toolchain w/ IPv6, largefile, wchar, threads, headers >= 3.7"
 	depends on !BR2_avr32
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 	depends on !BR2_INET_IPV6 || !BR2_LARGEFILE || !BR2_USE_WCHAR || \
 		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \
-		!BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_UDEV
+		!BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_UDEV || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_3_7