diff --git a/toolchain/toolchain-wrapper.c b/toolchain/toolchain-wrapper.c
index 39e9f0850f..0fb6064b1c 100644
--- a/toolchain/toolchain-wrapper.c
+++ b/toolchain/toolchain-wrapper.c
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ static void check_unsafe_path(const char *arg,
 	}
 }
 
+#ifdef BR_NEED_SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH
 /* Returns false if SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH was not defined in the environment.
  *
  * Returns true if SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH is in the environment and represent
@@ -232,6 +233,15 @@ bool parse_source_date_epoch_from_env(void)
 	}
 	return true;
 }
+#else
+bool parse_source_date_epoch_from_env(void)
+{
+	/* The compiler is recent enough to handle SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH itself
+	 * so we do not need to do anything here.
+	 */
+	return false;
+}
+#endif
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
diff --git a/toolchain/toolchain-wrapper.mk b/toolchain/toolchain-wrapper.mk
index 09dda17890..f1312c5c7f 100644
--- a/toolchain/toolchain-wrapper.mk
+++ b/toolchain/toolchain-wrapper.mk
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ TOOLCHAIN_WRAPPER_OPTS += -ffile-prefix-map=$(BASE_DIR)=buildroot
 else
 TOOLCHAIN_WRAPPER_OPTS += -D__FILE__=\"\" -D__BASE_FILE__=\"\" -Wno-builtin-macro-redefined
 endif
+ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_7),)
+TOOLCHAIN_WRAPPER_OPTS += -DBR_NEED_SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH
+endif
 endif
 
 # We create a list like '"-mfoo", "-mbar", "-mbarfoo"' so that each flag is a