diff --git a/package/quickjs/Config.in b/package/quickjs/Config.in
index 886cbd4db6..5c3b068c3a 100644
--- a/package/quickjs/Config.in
+++ b/package/quickjs/Config.in
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_QUICKJS
 	# No way to check for fenv support.
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9 # C11/stdatomic.h
+	depends on BR2_HOST_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9 # C11/stdatomic.h
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
 	help
 	  QuickJS is a small and embeddable Javascript engine.
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_QUICKJS
 
 	  https://bellard.org/quickjs/
 
-comment "quickjs needs a glibc or musl toolchain w/ gcc >= 4.9, dynamic library"
+comment "quickjs needs a glibc or musl toolchain w/ gcc >= 4.9, host gcc >= 4.9, dynamic library"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
-	depends on BR2_STATIC_LIBS || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9
+	depends on BR2_STATIC_LIBS || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC || \
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9 || !BR2_HOST_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9