diff --git a/package/cannelloni/Config.in b/package/cannelloni/Config.in
index 09381594d6..cb51709fa4 100644
--- a/package/cannelloni/Config.in
+++ b/package/cannelloni/Config.in
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_CANNELLONI
 	bool "cannelloni"
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 # C++11
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # lksctp-tools
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # lksctp-tools
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_CANNELLONI
 
 	  https://github.com/mguentner/cannelloni
 
-comment "cannelloni needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads"
-	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+comment "cannelloni needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads, gcc >= 4.8"
+	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || \
+	!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU