diff --git a/package/perl-gd/Config.in b/package/perl-gd/Config.in
index 7c85cfcb5b..3434507b39 100644
--- a/package/perl-gd/Config.in
+++ b/package/perl-gd/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_PERL_GD
 	bool "perl-gd"
 	depends on !BR2_PREFER_STATIC_LIB
+	# Does not build on machines having a old host perl
+	depends on BR2_BROKEN
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBPNG
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_FREETYPE
diff --git a/package/perl-gdgraph/Config.in b/package/perl-gdgraph/Config.in
index e722c062b4..972a5c5392 100644
--- a/package/perl-gdgraph/Config.in
+++ b/package/perl-gdgraph/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_PERL_GDGRAPH
 	bool "perl-gdgraph"
 	depends on !BR2_PREFER_STATIC_LIB
+	depends on BR2_BROKEN # perl-gd
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PERL_GD
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PERL_GDTEXTUTIL
 	help