diff --git a/package/pango/Config.in b/package/pango/Config.in
index e8a5318675..cdf8b54171 100644
--- a/package/pango/Config.in
+++ b/package/pango/Config.in
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PANGO
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # glib2
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP # freetype support
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_4 # harfbuzz
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 # harfbuzz
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGLIB2
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_EXPAT
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_CAIRO
@@ -22,8 +23,9 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PANGO
 
 	  http://www.pango.org/
 
-comment "pango needs a toolchain w/ wchar, threads, C++"
+comment "pango needs a toolchain w/ wchar, threads, C++, gcc >= 4.8"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_4
 	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 || \
 		!BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP