diff --git a/package/armadillo/Config.in b/package/armadillo/Config.in
index 7a93343d41f8..7b66179fb829 100644
--- a/package/armadillo/Config.in
+++ b/package/armadillo/Config.in
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
-comment "armadillo needs a toolchain w/ C++"
+comment "armadillo needs a toolchain w/ C++, gcc >= 8"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_OPENBLAS_ARCH_SUPPORTS
-	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_8
 
-comment "armadillo needs a toolchain w/ fortran, C++, gcc >= 4.9"
+comment "armadillo needs a toolchain w/ fortran, C++, gcc >= 8"
 	depends on !BR2_PACKAGE_OPENBLAS_ARCH_SUPPORTS # otherwise, see comment above
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LAPACK_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_FORTRAN || !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_8
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_ARMADILLO
 	bool "armadillo"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_OPENBLAS_ARCH_SUPPORTS || \
 		(BR2_PACKAGE_LAPACK_ARCH_SUPPORTS && BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_FORTRAN)
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9 # C++14
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_8 # armadillo requires gcc >= 8.1
 	help
 	  Armadillo: An Open Source C++ Linear Algebra Library for
 	  Fast Prototyping and Computationally Intensive Experiments.