diff --git a/package/network-manager/Config.in b/package/network-manager/Config.in
index 1d9a02c1d3..de7989a9c5 100644
--- a/package/network-manager/Config.in
+++ b/package/network-manager/Config.in
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_NETWORK_MANAGER
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # dbus
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_UDEV
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_4_6
+	# We need NETLINK_GET_STRICT_CHK
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_4_20
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_MUSL
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # libglib2
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # libglib2
@@ -59,10 +60,10 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_NETWORK_MANAGER_OVS
 	  This option enables support for OpenVSwitch
 endif
 
-comment "NetworkManager needs udev /dev management and a glibc or musl toolchain w/ headers >= 4.6, dynamic library, wchar, threads, gcc >= 4.9"
+comment "NetworkManager needs udev /dev management and a glibc or musl toolchain w/ headers >= 4.20, dynamic library, wchar, threads, gcc >= 4.9"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 	depends on !BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_UDEV || \
-		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_4_6 || \
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_4_20 || \
 		!(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_MUSL) || \
 		BR2_STATIC_LIBS || \
 		!BR2_USE_WCHAR || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \