diff --git a/package/pinentry/Config.in b/package/pinentry/Config.in
index 22bc2bb43d..518e3ad37f 100644
--- a/package/pinentry/Config.in
+++ b/package/pinentry/Config.in
@@ -30,15 +30,17 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PINENTRY_GTK2
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_4 # libgtk2 -> pango -> harfbuzz
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 # libgtk2 -> pango -> harfbuzz
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGTK2
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBICONV if !BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE
 	help
 	  The pinentry-gtk2 tool
 
-comment "pinentry-gtk2 needs X and a toolchain w/ wchar, threads, C++"
+comment "pinentry-gtk2 needs X and a toolchain w/ wchar, threads, C++, gcc >= 4.8"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_4
 	depends on !BR2_PACKAGE_XORG7 || !BR2_USE_WCHAR || \
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 || \
 		!BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_PINENTRY_QT5