diff --git a/packages/toolchain/lang/gcc-core/build b/packages/toolchain/lang/gcc-core/build
index 5e9f513aa8..8ac5ec13ab 100755
--- a/packages/toolchain/lang/gcc-core/build
+++ b/packages/toolchain/lang/gcc-core/build
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ mkdir -p objdir-$1 && cd objdir-$1
              --disable-libquadmath \
              --disable-libssp \
              --disable-libgomp \
+             --enable-cloog-backend=isl \
              --disable-shared \
              --disable-multilib \
              --disable-threads \
diff --git a/packages/toolchain/lang/gcc-core/meta b/packages/toolchain/lang/gcc-core/meta
index 92db34a977..b809d498c8 100644
--- a/packages/toolchain/lang/gcc-core/meta
+++ b/packages/toolchain/lang/gcc-core/meta
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://gcc.gnu.org/"
 PKG_URL=""
 PKG_DEPENDS=""
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="ccache autoconf-2.64 binutils gmp-host mpfr mpc ppl cloog-ppl libelf"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="ccache autoconf-2.64 binutils gmp-host mpfr mpc cloog ppl libelf"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="toolchain/lang"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="gcc: The GNU Compiler Collection Version 4 (aka GNU C Compiler)"