diff --git a/package/wpewebkit/Config.in b/package/wpewebkit/Config.in
index 04ebe5452b..07a4fa0456 100644
--- a/package/wpewebkit/Config.in
+++ b/package/wpewebkit/Config.in
@@ -28,12 +28,12 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_WPEWEBKIT_ARCH_SUPPORTS_JIT
 	default y if BR2_mipsel && BR2_MIPS_CPU_MIPS32R2
 	default y if BR2_mipsel && BR2_MIPS_CPU_MIPS32R5
 
-comment "wpewebkit needs a toolchain w/ C++, wchar, threads, dynamic library, gcc >= 4.8, host gcc >= 4.8"
+comment "wpewebkit needs a toolchain w/ C++, wchar, threads, dynamic library, gcc >= 6, host gcc >= 4.8"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_WPEWEBKIT_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	depends on !BR2_BINFMT_FLAT
 	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_USE_WCHAR \
 		|| !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || BR2_STATIC_LIBS \
-		|| !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 || !BR2_HOST_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8
+		|| !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_6 || !BR2_HOST_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8
 
 comment "wpewebkit needs an OpenGL ES w/ EGL backend"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_WPEWEBKIT_ARCH_SUPPORTS
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_WPEWEBKIT
 	depends on !BR2_BINFMT_FLAT # icu
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP # harfbuzz, icu
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # wayland, icu, libsoup
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 # icu
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_6
 	depends on BR2_HOST_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 # icu
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # icu, libsoup
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LIBGLES # libepoxy