diff --git a/cpu/esp8266/Makefile.include b/cpu/esp8266/Makefile.include
index e700943bddad..daa32a61cd6d 100644
--- a/cpu/esp8266/Makefile.include
+++ b/cpu/esp8266/Makefile.include
@@ -52,5 +52,3 @@ LINKFLAGS += -Tesp8266.peripherals.ld
 
 LINKFLAGS += -Wl,-wrap=pp_attach
 LINKFLAGS += -Wl,-wrap=pm_attach
-
-OPTIONAL_CFLAGS_BLACKLIST += -fmacro-prefix-map=$(RIOTBASE)/=
diff --git a/makefiles/arch/avr8.inc.mk b/makefiles/arch/avr8.inc.mk
index c51c07610058..ef55b40af316 100644
--- a/makefiles/arch/avr8.inc.mk
+++ b/makefiles/arch/avr8.inc.mk
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ endif
 OPTIONAL_CFLAGS_BLACKLIST += -Wformat-overflow
 OPTIONAL_CFLAGS_BLACKLIST += -Wformat-truncation
 OPTIONAL_CFLAGS_BLACKLIST += -gz
-OPTIONAL_CFLAGS_BLACKLIST += -fmacro-prefix-map=$(RIOTBASE)/=
 
 ifeq ($(TOOLCHAIN),gnu)
   # https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=105523
diff --git a/makefiles/toolchain/gnu.inc.mk b/makefiles/toolchain/gnu.inc.mk
index 74e2120473e9..7f94a8d92f32 100644
--- a/makefiles/toolchain/gnu.inc.mk
+++ b/makefiles/toolchain/gnu.inc.mk
@@ -22,5 +22,13 @@ endif
 # Default to the native (g)objdump, helps when using toolchain from docker
 _OBJDUMP         := $(or $(shell command -v $(PREFIX)objdump || command -v gobjdump),objdump)
 OBJDUMP   ?= $(_OBJDUMP)
+
+GCC_VERSION := $(shell $(CC) -dumpversion | cut -d . -f 1)
+
+# -fmacro-prefix-map requires GCC 8
+ifneq (8, $(firstword $(shell echo 8 $(GCC_VERSION) | tr ' ' '\n' | sort -n))))
+  OPTIONAL_CFLAGS_BLACKLIST += -fmacro-prefix-map=$(RIOTBASE)/=
+endif
+
 # We use GDB for debugging
 include $(RIOTMAKE)/tools/gdb.inc.mk