diff --git a/package/opencv4-contrib/Config.in b/package/opencv4-contrib/Config.in
index ad61c3fbe8..529687dd96 100644
--- a/package/opencv4-contrib/Config.in
+++ b/package/opencv4-contrib/Config.in
@@ -76,28 +76,32 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV4_CONTRIB_LIB_DNN_OBJDETECT
 	bool "dnn_objdetect"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PROTOBUF_ARCH_SUPPORTS # opencv4 dnn
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC # opencv4 dnn
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_8 # opencv4 dnn
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV4_LIB_DNN
 	help
 	  Object Detection using CNNs -- Implements compact CNN Model
 	  for object detection. Trained using Caffe but uses
 	  opencv_dnn module.
 
-comment "dnn_objdetect needs a glibc or musl toolchain"
+comment "dnn_objdetect needs a glibc or musl toolchain w/ gcc >= 8"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PROTOBUF_ARCH_SUPPORTS
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC || \
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_8
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV4_CONTRIB_LIB_DNN_SUPERRES
 	bool "dnn_superres"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PROTOBUF_ARCH_SUPPORTS # opencv4 dnn
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC # opencv4 dnn
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_8 # opencv4 dnn
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV4_LIB_DNN
 	help
 	  Superresolution using CNNs -- Contains four trained
 	  convolutional neural networks to upscale images.
 
-comment "dnn_superres needs a glibc or musl toolchain"
+comment "dnn_superres needs a glibc or musl toolchain w/ gcc >= 8"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PROTOBUF_ARCH_SUPPORTS
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC || \
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_8
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV4_CONTRIB_LIB_DNNS_EASILY_FOOLED
 	bool "dnns_easily_fooled"
@@ -109,27 +113,31 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV4_CONTRIB_LIB_DPM
 	bool "dpm"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PROTOBUF_ARCH_SUPPORTS # opencv4 objdetect
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC # opencv4 objdetect
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_8 # opencv4 objdetect
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV4_LIB_OBJDETECT
 	help
 	  Deformable Part Model -- Felzenszwalb's Cascade with
 	  deformable parts object recognition code.
 
-comment "dpm needs a glibc or musl toolchain"
-	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PROTOBUF_ARCH_SUPPORTS # opencv4 objdetect
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC # opencv4 objdetect
+comment "dpm needs a glibc or musl toolchain w/ gcc >= 8"
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PROTOBUF_ARCH_SUPPORTS
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC || \
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_8
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV4_CONTRIB_LIB_FACE
 	bool "face"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PROTOBUF_ARCH_SUPPORTS # opencv4 objdetect
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC # opencv4 objdetect
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_8 # opencv4 objdetect
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV4_LIB_OBJDETECT
 	help
 	  Face Recognition -- Face recognition techniques: Eigen, Fisher
 	  and Local Binary Pattern Histograms LBPH methods.
 
-comment "face needs a glibc or musl toolchain"
-	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PROTOBUF_ARCH_SUPPORTS # opencv4 objdetect
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC # opencv4 objdetect
+comment "face needs a glibc or musl toolchain w/ gcc >= 8"
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PROTOBUF_ARCH_SUPPORTS
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC || \
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_8
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV4_CONTRIB_LIB_FREETYPE
 	bool "freetype"
@@ -347,15 +355,17 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV4_CONTRIB_LIB_XOBJDETECT
 	bool "xobjdetect"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PROTOBUF_ARCH_SUPPORTS # opencv4 objdetect
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC # opencv4 objdetect
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_8 # opencv4 objdetect
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV4_LIB_OBJDETECT
 	help
 	  Boosted 2D Object Detection -- Uses a Waldboost cascade and
 	  local binary patterns computed as integral features for 2D
 	  object detection.
 
-comment "xobjdetect needs a glibc or musl toolchain"
-	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PROTOBUF_ARCH_SUPPORTS # opencv4 objdetect
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC # opencv4 objdetect
+comment "xobjdetect needs a glibc or musl toolchain w/ gcc >= 8"
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PROTOBUF_ARCH_SUPPORTS
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC || \
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_8
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV4_CONTRIB_LIB_XPHOTO
 	bool "xphoto"