diff --git a/package/edid-decode/Config.in b/package/edid-decode/Config.in
index d2d21288de..ddf1942c68 100644
--- a/package/edid-decode/Config.in
+++ b/package/edid-decode/Config.in
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_EDID_DECODE
 	bool "edid-decode"
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_7 # C++11
 	help
 	  Decode EDID data in human-readable format.
 
 	  https://git.linuxtv.org/edid-decode.git/
 
-comment "edid-decode needs a toolchain w/ C++"
-	depends on !!BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+comment "edid-decode needs a toolchain w/ C++, gcc >= 4.7"
+	depends on !!BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || \
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_7
diff --git a/package/edid-decode/edid-decode.mk b/package/edid-decode/edid-decode.mk
index c41a9f2a76..7e463c02b1 100644
--- a/package/edid-decode/edid-decode.mk
+++ b/package/edid-decode/edid-decode.mk
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ EDID_DECODE_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
 
 define EDID_DECODE_BUILD_CMDS
 	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) $(MAKE) -C $(@D) \
-		CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CXXFLAGS)"
+		CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CXXFLAGS) -std=c++11"
 endef
 
 define EDID_DECODE_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS