diff --git a/package/openscap/Config.in b/package/openscap/Config.in
index 01c628194c..b6deae0a5f 100644
--- a/package/openscap/Config.in
+++ b/package/openscap/Config.in
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSCAP
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGPG_ERROR_ARCH_SUPPORTS  # libgcrypt
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # dlfcn.h
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_7 # libxmlsec1
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ATOMIC # libxmlsec1
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCURL
 	# In theory should build without crypto, but in practice it
 	# doesn't: https://github.com/OpenSCAP/openscap/issues/2310
@@ -19,6 +21,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSCAP
 	  https://www.open-scap.org/
 	  https://github.com/OpenSCAP/openscap
 
-comment "openscap needs a toolchain w/ dynamic library, NPTL"
+comment "openscap needs a toolchain w/ dynamic library, NPTL, gcc >= 7"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGPG_ERROR_ARCH_SUPPORTS
-	depends on BR2_STATIC_LIBS || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ATOMIC
+	depends on BR2_STATIC_LIBS || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL || \
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_7