diff --git a/package/vte/Config.in b/package/vte/Config.in
index fa29de8c71..5710ee9e0f 100644
--- a/package/vte/Config.in
+++ b/package/vte/Config.in
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_VTE
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 # C++11
+	depends on BR2_HOST_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 # libgtk3 -> pango -> harfbuzz
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_4
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LIBEGL_WAYLAND || \
 		BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LIBGL
@@ -21,11 +22,12 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_VTE
 
 	  http://github.com/GNOME/vte
 
-comment "vte needs a toolchain w/ wchar, threads, C++, gcc >= 4.8"
+comment "vte needs a toolchain w/ wchar, threads, C++, gcc >= 4.8, host gcc >= 4.8"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_4
 	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR || !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || \
 		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \
+		!BR2_HOST_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 || \
 		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8
 
 comment "vte needs an OpenGL or an OpenGL-EGL/wayland backend"