diff --git a/package/network-manager/Config.in b/package/network-manager/Config.in
index 7d44768460..38ab43740f 100644
--- a/package/network-manager/Config.in
+++ b/package/network-manager/Config.in
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_NETWORK_MANAGER
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # gnutls
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # dbus
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_UDEV
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9
 	# Tested with 3.2, but may even work with earlier versions
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_3_2
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC # CLOCK_BOOTTIME, IPTOS_CLASS_*
@@ -61,9 +62,10 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_NETWORK_MANAGER_OVS
 
 endif
 
-comment "NetworkManager needs udev /dev management and a glibc toolchain w/ headers >= 3.2, dynamic library, wchar, threads"
+comment "NetworkManager needs udev /dev management and a glibc toolchain w/ headers >= 3.2, dynamic library, wchar, threads, gcc >= 4.9"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 	depends on !BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_UDEV || \
 		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_3_2 || \
 		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC || BR2_STATIC_LIBS || \
-		!BR2_USE_WCHAR || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+		!BR2_USE_WCHAR || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9