diff --git a/package/zeek/Config.in b/package/zeek/Config.in
index f2a769621f..114ec4235d 100644
--- a/package/zeek/Config.in
+++ b/package/zeek/Config.in
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_ZEEK
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_7 # C++17
+	depends on BR2_HOST_GCC_AT_LEAST_7 # host-zeek
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBPCAP
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_MUSL_FTS if !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL
@@ -33,7 +35,9 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_ZEEK_ZEEKCTL
 
 endif
 
-comment "zeek needs a toolchain w/ C++, wchar, threads, dynamic library"
+comment "zeek needs a toolchain w/ C++, wchar, threads, dynamic library, gcc >= 7, host gcc >= 7"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_USE_WCHAR || \
-		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || BR2_STATIC_LIBS || \
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_7 || \
+		!BR2_HOST_GCC_AT_LEAST_7