diff --git a/package/spice/Config.in b/package/spice/Config.in
index 468097cea1..1dc5ae3040 100644
--- a/package/spice/Config.in
+++ b/package/spice/Config.in
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-comment "spice server needs a toolchain w/ wchar, threads, C++"
+comment "spice server needs a toolchain w/ wchar, threads, C++, gcc >= 6"
 	depends on BR2_i386 || BR2_x86_64
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \
-		!BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+		!BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_6
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_SPICE
 	bool "spice server"
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_SPICE
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # libglib2
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # libglib2
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+	# Needs gcc >= 6 with c++11 std::list allocator
+	# https://gcc.gnu.org/git/?p=gcc.git;a=commit;h=cc7f3d0eeef05fb8fc11384a9a29afae10a54cc7
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_6
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_JPEG
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGLIB2
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL