diff --git a/package/spidermonkey/Config.in b/package/spidermonkey/Config.in
index 284502f618..5f12110626 100644
--- a/package/spidermonkey/Config.in
+++ b/package/spidermonkey/Config.in
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_SPIDERMONKEY_JIT_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_SPIDERMONKEY
 	bool "spidermonkey"
+	depends on BR2_HOST_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_SPIDERMONKEY_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9
@@ -43,5 +44,6 @@ comment "spidermonkey needs a glibc or musl toolchain with C++, wchar, dynamic l
 		!BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || \
 		BR2_STATIC_LIBS || \
 		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL || \
+		!BR2_HOST_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9 || \
 		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9 || \
 		!BR2_USE_WCHAR