diff --git a/package/efl/Config.in b/package/efl/Config.in
index 728032018b..cf4976f66d 100644
--- a/package/efl/Config.in
+++ b/package/efl/Config.in
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_EFL
 	bool "efl"
-	 # g++ issue with 4.4.5, tested with g++ 4.7.2
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_7
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9 # C++11
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # untested without threads
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
@@ -301,8 +300,8 @@ comment "SVG loader needs a toolchain w/ gcc >= 4.8"
 
 endif # BR2_PACKAGE_EFL
 
-comment "efl needs a toolchain w/ C++, dynamic library, gcc >= 4.7, threads, wchar"
+comment "efl needs a toolchain w/ C++, dynamic library, gcc >= 4.9, threads, wchar"
 	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP \
-		|| !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_7 \
+		|| !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9 \
 		|| BR2_STATIC_LIBS || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || !BR2_USE_WCHAR
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU