diff --git a/package/enlightenment/Config.in b/package/enlightenment/Config.in
index d1dee25f86..2cd6512e1e 100644
--- a/package/enlightenment/Config.in
+++ b/package/enlightenment/Config.in
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_ENLIGHTENMENT
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_XORG7
 	# libevas-generic-loaders-svg -> librsvg -> pango -> harfbuzz
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_4
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_EFL_X_XLIB
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_EFL_EEZE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_EFL_JPEG # needed at runtime by enlightenment_start
@@ -28,8 +29,9 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_ENLIGHTENMENT
 
 	  http://www.enlightenment.org/
 
-comment "enlightenment needs udev /dev management and a toolchain w/ wchar, C++, threads"
+comment "enlightenment needs udev /dev management and a toolchain w/ wchar, C++, threads, gcc >= 4.8"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_EFL && BR2_PACKAGE_XORG7 && BR2_USE_MMU
 	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || \
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 || \
 		!BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_UDEV
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_4