diff --git a/package/libtorrent-rasterbar/Config.in b/package/libtorrent-rasterbar/Config.in
index aa986f2388..6c55085947 100644
--- a/package/libtorrent-rasterbar/Config.in
+++ b/package/libtorrent-rasterbar/Config.in
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 comment "libtorrent-rasterbar needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads, wchar, gcc >= 4.8"
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_SUPPORTS_VARIADIC_MI_THUNK
 	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || !BR2_USE_WCHAR || \
 		!BR2_HOST_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8
 
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBTORRENT_RASTERBAR
 	depends on BR2_HOST_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # boost
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_SUPPORTS_VARIADIC_MI_THUNK
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # boost
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_CHRONO
diff --git a/toolchain/Config.in b/toolchain/Config.in
index 275f9f9cdd..bcbc3cf984 100644
--- a/toolchain/Config.in
+++ b/toolchain/Config.in
@@ -100,6 +100,19 @@ config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_SUPPORTS_ALWAYS_LOCKFREE_ATOMIC_INTS
 	depends on !BR2_sparc_v8
 	depends on !BR2_m68k_cf5208
 
+# GCC uses thunk functions to adjust the 'this' pointer when calling
+# C++ member functions in classes derived with multiple inheritance.
+# Generation of thunk functions requires support from the compiler
+# back end. In the absence of that support target-independent code
+# in the C++ front end is used to generate thunk functions, but it
+# does not support vararg functions.
+# or1k will support it in the gcc mainline starting with gcc-9.
+config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_SUPPORTS_VARIADIC_MI_THUNK
+	bool
+	default y
+	depends on !BR2_or1k
+	depends on !BR2_xtensa
+
 # Prior to gcc 7.x, exception_ptr, nested_exception and future from
 # libstdc++ would only be provided on architectures that support
 # always lock-free atomic ints. See