diff --git a/package/python-memray/Config.in b/package/python-memray/Config.in
index 1c5b286a8d..16b661f8b8 100644
--- a/package/python-memray/Config.in
+++ b/package/python-memray/Config.in
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_MEMRAY
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_4 # elfutils/libdebuginfod
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LIBUNWIND_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9 # libunwind
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ELFUTILS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ELFUTILS_LIBDEBUGINFOD
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBUNWIND
@@ -19,8 +20,9 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_MEMRAY
 
 	  https://github.com/bloomberg/memray
 
-comment "python-memray needs a toolchain w/ C++, dynamic library, threads, wchar"
+comment "python-memray needs a toolchain w/ C++, dynamic library, threads, wchar, gcc >= 4.9"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LIBUNWIND_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_4
 	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || BR2_STATIC_LIBS || \
-		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9