diff --git a/package/vdr/Config.in b/package/vdr/Config.in
index d283b462b1..d32c642710 100644
--- a/package/vdr/Config.in
+++ b/package/vdr/Config.in
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_VDR
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_3_9
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_MUSL # _nl_msg_cat_cntr
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
@@ -18,8 +19,9 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_VDR
 
 	  http://www.tvdr.de
 
-comment "vdr needs a glibc or uClibc toolchain w/ C++, dynamic library, NPTL, wchar"
+comment "vdr needs a glibc or uClibc toolchain w/ C++, dynamic library, NPTL, wchar, headers >= 3.9"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || BR2_STATIC_LIBS || \
 		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL || \
-		BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_MUSL || !BR2_USE_WCHAR
+		BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_MUSL || !BR2_USE_WCHAR || \
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_3_9