diff --git a/Formula/envoy.rb b/Formula/envoy.rb
index baf73f1ee7f3..64db9e1ff3d4 100644
--- a/Formula/envoy.rb
+++ b/Formula/envoy.rb
@@ -20,6 +20,24 @@ class Envoy < Formula
   depends_on "ninja" => :build
   depends_on macos: :catalina
 
+  on_linux do
+    # GCC added as a test dependency to work around Homebrew issue. Otherwise `brew test` fails.
+    # CompilerSelectionError: envoy cannot be built with any available compilers.
+    depends_on "gcc@9" => [:build, :test]
+    depends_on "python@3.9" => :build
+  end
+
+  # https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/tree/main/bazel#supported-compiler-versions
+  fails_with gcc: "5"
+  fails_with gcc: "6"
+  # GCC 10 build fails at external/com_google_absl/absl/container/internal/inlined_vector.h:469:5:
+  # error: '<anonymous>.absl::inlined_vector_internal::Storage<char, 128, std::allocator<char> >::data_'
+  # is used uninitialized in this function [-Werror=uninitialized]
+  fails_with gcc: "10"
+  # GCC 11 build fails at external/boringssl/src/crypto/curve25519/curve25519.c:503:57:
+  # error: argument 2 of type 'const uint8_t[32]' with mismatched bound [-Werror=array-parameter=]
+  fails_with gcc: "11"
+
   # Work around xcode 12 incompatibility until envoyproxy/envoy#17393
   patch do
     url "https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/commit/3b49166dc0841b045799e2c37bdf1ca9de98d5b1.patch?full_index=1"
@@ -27,14 +45,19 @@ class Envoy < Formula
   end
 
   def install
+    env_path = "#{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/bin:/usr/bin:/bin"
+    on_linux do
+      env_path = "#{Formula["python@3.9"].opt_libexec}/bin:#{env_path}"
+    end
     args = %W[
-      -c
-      opt
+      --compilation_mode=opt
       --curses=no
       --show_task_finish
       --verbose_failures
-      --action_env=PATH=#{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/bin:/usr/bin:/bin
+      --action_env=PATH=#{env_path}
+      --host_action_env=PATH=#{env_path}
     ]
+
     system Formula["bazelisk"].opt_bin/"bazelisk", "build", *args, "//source/exe:envoy-static"
     bin.install "bazel-bin/source/exe/envoy-static" => "envoy"
     pkgshare.install "configs", "examples"