diff --git a/package/mesa3d/Config.in b/package/mesa3d/Config.in
index 9a5183915d..295a26cb6d 100644
--- a/package/mesa3d/Config.in
+++ b/package/mesa3d/Config.in
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ menuconfig BR2_PACKAGE_MESA3D
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_1
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL
+	depends on !BR2_m68k || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_7 # m68k needs gcc >= 7.x
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_EXPAT
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBDRM
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_WAYLAND_PROTOCOLS if BR2_PACKAGE_WAYLAND
@@ -462,3 +463,7 @@ comment "mesa3d needs a toolchain w/ C++, NPTL, dynamic library"
 	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL || \
 		BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_1
+
+comment "mesa3d needs a toolchain w/ gcc >= 7"
+	depends on BR2_m68k
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_7
diff --git a/package/mesa3d/mesa3d.mk b/package/mesa3d/mesa3d.mk
index ca44a66e54..ca8dac8959 100644
--- a/package/mesa3d/mesa3d.mk
+++ b/package/mesa3d/mesa3d.mk
@@ -260,4 +260,13 @@ else
 MESA3D_CONF_OPTS += -Dzstd=disabled
 endif
 
+MESA3D_CFLAGS = $(TARGET_CFLAGS)
+
+# m68k needs 32-bit offsets in switch tables to build
+ifeq ($(BR2_m68k),y)
+MESA3D_CFLAGS += -mlong-jump-table-offsets
+endif
+
+MESA3D_CONF_OPTS += -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="$(MESA3D_CFLAGS)"
+
 $(eval $(meson-package))