diff --git a/package/intel-vpl-gpu-rt/Config.in b/package/intel-vpl-gpu-rt/Config.in
index da26ea6aa5..44b2b1c304 100644
--- a/package/intel-vpl-gpu-rt/Config.in
+++ b/package/intel-vpl-gpu-rt/Config.in
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_INTEL_VPL_GPU_RT
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LIBVPL_ARCH_SUPPORTS # libvpl
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP # libvpl
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # libvpl
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_7 # libvpl
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_8 # intel-mediadriver
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_1 # intel-mediadriver
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # libvpl
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL # intel-mediadriver
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_INTEL_VPL_GPU_RT
 
 	  https://github.com/intel/vpl-gpu-rt
 
-comment "intel-vpl-gpu-rt needs a toolchain w/ dynamic library, gcc >= 7, C++, NPTL"
+comment "intel-vpl-gpu-rt needs a toolchain w/ dynamic library, gcc >= 8, C++, NPTL"
 	depends on BR2_x86_64
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LIBVPL_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_1
-	depends on BR2_STATIC_LIBS || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_7 || \
+	depends on BR2_STATIC_LIBS || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_8 || \
 		!BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS