diff --git a/folly/Portability.h b/folly/Portability.h
index ffeb5bb7c08..258a3800e11 100644
--- a/folly/Portability.h
+++ b/folly/Portability.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 static_assert(FOLLY_CPLUSPLUS >= 201703L, "__cplusplus >= 201703L");
 
 #if defined(__GNUC__) && !defined(__clang__)
-static_assert(__GNUC__ >= 7, "__GNUC__ >= 7");
+static_assert(__GNUC__ >= 8, "__GNUC__ >= 8");
 #endif
 
 #if defined(_MSC_VER) || defined(_CPPLIB_VER)