diff --git a/arch/Config.in.mips b/arch/Config.in.mips
index 1cce1710da..c08b2a2968 100644
--- a/arch/Config.in.mips
+++ b/arch/Config.in.mips
@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@ config BR2_MIPS_CPU_MIPS32R2
 	select BR2_MIPS_NAN_LEGACY
 config BR2_MIPS_CPU_MIPS32R5
 	bool
+	select BR2_ARCH_NEEDS_GCC_AT_LEAST_5
 config BR2_MIPS_CPU_MIPS32R6
 	bool
 	select BR2_MIPS_NAN_2008
+	select BR2_ARCH_NEEDS_GCC_AT_LEAST_5
 config BR2_MIPS_CPU_MIPS64
 	bool
 	select BR2_MIPS_NAN_LEGACY
@@ -18,9 +20,11 @@ config BR2_MIPS_CPU_MIPS64R2
 	select BR2_MIPS_NAN_LEGACY
 config BR2_MIPS_CPU_MIPS64R5
 	bool
+	select BR2_ARCH_NEEDS_GCC_AT_LEAST_5
 config BR2_MIPS_CPU_MIPS64R6
 	bool
 	select BR2_MIPS_NAN_2008
+	select BR2_ARCH_NEEDS_GCC_AT_LEAST_5
 
 choice
 	prompt "Target Architecture Variant"
@@ -53,11 +57,13 @@ config BR2_mips_interaptiv
 	bool "interAptiv"
 	depends on !BR2_ARCH_IS_64
 	select BR2_MIPS_CPU_MIPS32R2
+	select BR2_ARCH_NEEDS_GCC_AT_LEAST_6
 config BR2_mips_m5150
 	bool "M5150"
 	depends on !BR2_ARCH_IS_64
 	select BR2_MIPS_CPU_MIPS32R5
 	select BR2_MIPS_NAN_2008
+	select BR2_ARCH_NEEDS_GCC_AT_LEAST_6
 config BR2_mips_m6250
 	bool "M6250"
 	depends on !BR2_ARCH_IS_64
@@ -101,6 +107,7 @@ config BR2_mips_i6400
 	bool "I6400"
 	depends on BR2_ARCH_IS_64
 	select BR2_MIPS_CPU_MIPS64R6
+	select BR2_ARCH_NEEDS_GCC_AT_LEAST_6
 config BR2_mips_p6600
 	bool "P6600"
 	depends on BR2_ARCH_IS_64
diff --git a/package/gcc/Config.in.host b/package/gcc/Config.in.host
index 582a40910a..c681dee49c 100644
--- a/package/gcc/Config.in.host
+++ b/package/gcc/Config.in.host
@@ -28,12 +28,6 @@ config BR2_GCC_VERSION_4_9_X
 	# Broken or unsupported ARM cores
 	depends on !BR2_cortex_a17 && !BR2_cortex_a17_a7
 	depends on !BR2_cortex_a72 && !BR2_cortex_a72_a53
-	# Unsupported MIPS cores
-	depends on !BR2_mips_interaptiv
-	# Unsupported for MIPS R5
-	depends on !BR2_MIPS_CPU_MIPS32R5 && !BR2_MIPS_CPU_MIPS64R5
-	# Unsupported for MIPS R6
-	depends on !BR2_MIPS_CPU_MIPS32R6 && !BR2_MIPS_CPU_MIPS64R6
 	# musl microblaze unsupported
 	depends on !(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_MUSL && (BR2_microblazeel || BR2_microblazebe))
 	# musl ppc64 unsupported
@@ -53,8 +47,6 @@ config BR2_GCC_VERSION_5_X
 	depends on !BR2_cortex_a57_a53 && !BR2_cortex_a72_a53
 	# musl ppc64 unsupported
 	depends on !(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_MUSL && (BR2_powerpc64 || BR2_powerpc64le))
-	# Unsupported MIPS cores
-	depends on !BR2_mips_interaptiv && !BR2_mips_m5150 && !BR2_mips_i6400
 	# musl mips64 unsupported
 	depends on !(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_MUSL && (BR2_mips64 || BR2_mips64el))
 	# glibc >= 2.26 needs gcc >= 6.2