diff --git a/package/pipewire/Config.in b/package/pipewire/Config.in
index ff26e4e361..851312a1a1 100644
--- a/package/pipewire/Config.in
+++ b/package/pipewire/Config.in
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PIPEWIRE
 	bool "pipewire"
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # dbus
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # dbus
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_5
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_DBUS
 	help
 	  PipeWire is a server and user space API to deal with
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ comment "pipewire v4l2 support needs udev and a toolchain w/ headers >= 3.18"
 
 endif
 
-comment "pipewire needs a toolchain w/ threads"
+comment "pipewire needs a toolchain w/ threads, gcc >= 5"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_5