diff --git a/package/gcc/Config.in.host b/package/gcc/Config.in.host
index 5a8f684a4c..3bf87fe597 100644
--- a/package/gcc/Config.in.host
+++ b/package/gcc/Config.in.host
@@ -76,6 +76,12 @@ config BR2_GCC_SUPPORTS_FINEGRAINEDMTUNE
 	bool
 	default y
 
+# libcilkrts was introduced in gcc 4.9 (oldest gcc version we
+# support), and removed in gcc 8.x
+config BR2_GCC_SUPPORTS_LIBCILKRTS
+	bool
+	default y if !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_8
+
 config BR2_GCC_VERSION
 	string
 	default "4.9.4"     if BR2_GCC_VERSION_4_9_X
diff --git a/package/gcc/gcc-final/gcc-final.mk b/package/gcc/gcc-final/gcc-final.mk
index 1be0b9bfc9..cbde56ce1c 100644
--- a/package/gcc/gcc-final/gcc-final.mk
+++ b/package/gcc/gcc-final/gcc-final.mk
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ HOST_GCC_FINAL_CONF_OPTS += "--with-multilib-list=m4a,m4a-nofpu"
 HOST_GCC_FINAL_GCC_LIB_DIR = $(HOST_DIR)/$(GNU_TARGET_NAME)/lib/!m4*
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_GCC_SUPPORTS_LIBCILKRTS),y)
+
 # libcilkrts does not support v8
 ifeq ($(BR2_sparc),y)
 HOST_GCC_FINAL_CONF_OPTS += --disable-libcilkrts
@@ -86,10 +88,16 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_PTHREADS_NONE),y)
 HOST_GCC_FINAL_CONF_OPTS += --disable-libcilkrts
 endif
 
-# Disable shared libs like libstdc++ if we do static since it confuses linking
-# In that case also disable libcilkrts as there is no static version
 ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),y)
-HOST_GCC_FINAL_CONF_OPTS += --disable-shared --disable-libcilkrts
+# disable libcilkrts as there is no static version
+HOST_GCC_FINAL_CONF_OPTS += --disable-libcilkrts
+endif
+
+endif # BR2_GCC_SUPPORTS_LIBCILKRTS
+
+# Disable shared libs like libstdc++ if we do static since it confuses linking
+ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),y)
+HOST_GCC_FINAL_CONF_OPTS += --disable-shared
 else
 HOST_GCC_FINAL_CONF_OPTS += --enable-shared
 endif