diff --git a/package/log4cplus/Config.in b/package/log4cplus/Config.in
index fd224dd270..cd5476a086 100644
--- a/package/log4cplus/Config.in
+++ b/package/log4cplus/Config.in
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LOG4CPLUS
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_7 # C++11
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 # C++11
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_GCC_BUG_64735 # std::future
 	help
 	  log4cplus is a simple to use C++ logging API providing
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LOG4CPLUS
 
 	  http://sourceforge.net/projects/log4cplus
 
-comment "log4cplus needs a toolchain w/ C++, wchar, threads, gcc >= 4.7"
+comment "log4cplus needs a toolchain w/ C++, wchar, threads, gcc >= 4.8"
 	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_USE_WCHAR || \
-		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_7
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8
 
 comment "log4cplus needs a toolchain not affected by GCC bug 64735"
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_GCC_BUG_64735