diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0a015fe48..90a6d45d5 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ fi
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(gc, AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-gc],[enable garbage collection in the Nix expression evaluator (requires Boehm GC) [default=yes]]),
   gc=$enableval, gc=yes)
 if test "$gc" = yes; then
-  PKG_CHECK_MODULES([BDW_GC], [bdw-gc >= 8.2.4])
+  PKG_CHECK_MODULES([BDW_GC], [bdw-gc])
   CXXFLAGS="$BDW_GC_CFLAGS $CXXFLAGS"
   AC_DEFINE(HAVE_BOEHMGC, 1, [Whether to use the Boehm garbage collector.])
 fi
diff --git a/src/libexpr/eval.cc b/src/libexpr/eval.cc
index 30521b072..1eb60a1b8 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/eval.cc
+++ b/src/libexpr/eval.cc
@@ -348,14 +348,14 @@ void initGC()
 
     GC_set_oom_fn(oomHandler);
 
-    // TODO: Comment suggests an implementation that works on darwin and windows
-    //       https://github.com/ivmai/bdwgc/issues/362#issuecomment-1936672196
-    #ifndef __APPLE__
-    GC_set_sp_corrector(&fixupBoehmStackPointer);
-    #endif
-
     StackAllocator::defaultAllocator = &boehmGCStackAllocator;
 
+    // TODO: Remove __APPLE__ condition.
+    //       Comment suggests an implementation that works on darwin and windows
+    //       https://github.com/ivmai/bdwgc/issues/362#issuecomment-1936672196
+    #if GC_VERSION_MAJOR >= 8 && GC_VERSION_MINOR >= 4 && !defined(__APPLE__)
+    GC_set_sp_corrector(&fixupBoehmStackPointer);
+
     if (!GC_get_sp_corrector()) {
         printTalkative("BoehmGC on this platform does not support sp_corrector; will disable GC inside coroutines");
         /* Used to disable GC when entering coroutines on macOS */
@@ -363,6 +363,10 @@ void initGC()
             return std::make_shared<BoehmDisableGC>();
         };
     }
+    #else
+    #warning "BoehmGC version does not support GC while coroutine exists. GC will be disabled inside coroutines. Consider updating bwd-gc to 8.4 or later."
+    #endif
+
 
     /* Set the initial heap size to something fairly big (25% of
        physical RAM, up to a maximum of 384 MiB) so that in most cases