diff --git a/package/libv4l/Config.in b/package/libv4l/Config.in
index 04f0c6a9b3..aca514a490 100644
--- a/package/libv4l/Config.in
+++ b/package/libv4l/Config.in
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBV4L
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_3_0 # media headers
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ARGP_STANDALONE if BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBICONV if !BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE
 	help
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBV4L_UTILS
 
 endif
 
-comment "libv4l needs a toolchain w/ largefile, threads and C++"
-	depends on !BR2_LARGEFILE || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+comment "libv4l needs a toolchain w/ largefile, threads and C++, headers >= 3.0"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
+	depends on !BR2_LARGEFILE || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS \
+		|| !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_3_0