diff --git a/package/libpqxx/Config.in b/package/libpqxx/Config.in
index 18f905b378..9553d7903c 100644
--- a/package/libpqxx/Config.in
+++ b/package/libpqxx/Config.in
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBPQXX
 	bool "libpqxx"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_POSTGRESQL
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_7 # C++11
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 # C++11
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	help
 	  libpqxx is the official C++ client API for PostgreSQL, the
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBPQXX
 
 	  http://pqxx.org/development/libpqxx/
 
-comment "libpqxx needs toolchain w/ C++, gcc >= 4.7, threads"
+comment "libpqxx needs toolchain w/ C++, gcc >= 4.8, threads"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_POSTGRESQL
 	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || \
-		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_7 || \
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 || \
 		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS