diff --git a/package/mpd/Config.in b/package/mpd/Config.in
index fbde82ab58..b19113d8c0 100644
--- a/package/mpd/Config.in
+++ b/package/mpd/Config.in
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ menuconfig BR2_PACKAGE_MPD
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ATOMIC
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_6 # C++14
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_GCC_BUG_64735 # exception_ptr
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_7 # C++17
+	depends on BR2_HOST_GCC_AT_LEAST_7 # C++17
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBICONV if !BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE
 	help
@@ -405,11 +405,10 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_MPD_ID3TAG
 
 endif
 
-comment "mpd needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads, wchar, gcc >= 6"
+comment "mpd needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads, wchar, gcc >= 7, host gcc >= 7"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ATOMIC
 	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_USE_WCHAR || \
-		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_6
-
-comment "mpd needs a toolchain not affected by GCC bug 64735"
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_GCC_BUG_64735
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_7 || \
+		!BR2_HOST_GCC_AT_LEAST_7