diff --git a/package/sdbusplus/Config.in b/package/sdbusplus/Config.in
index e278d17156..c66203c463 100644
--- a/package/sdbusplus/Config.in
+++ b/package/sdbusplus/Config.in
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_SDBUSPLUS
 	bool "sdbusplus"
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_7 # C++17
 	help
 	  A C++ library for sd-bus with a bindings and doc generator.
 
@@ -10,5 +11,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_SDBUSPLUS
 
 	  https://github.com/openbmc/sdbusplus
 
-comment "sdbusplus needs systemd and a toolchain w/ C++"
-	depends on !BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD || !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+comment "sdbusplus needs systemd and a toolchain w/ C++, gcc >= 7"
+	depends on !BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD || !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || \
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_7