diff --git a/packages/lang/gcc/package.mk b/packages/lang/gcc/package.mk
index 18ee4dda15..20ec4d01c9 100644
--- a/packages/lang/gcc/package.mk
+++ b/packages/lang/gcc/package.mk
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 PKG_NAME="gcc"
-PKG_VERSION="4.9.3"
+PKG_VERSION="5.2.0"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ BOOTSTRAP_CONFIGURE_OPTS="--host=$HOST_NAME \
                           --disable-decimal-float \
                           $GCC_OPTS \
                           --disable-nls \
-                          --enable-checking=release"
+                          --enable-checking=release \
+                          --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=gcc4-compatible"
 
 PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_HOST="--target=$TARGET_NAME \
                          --with-sysroot=$SYSROOT_PREFIX \
@@ -106,7 +107,8 @@ PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_HOST="--target=$TARGET_NAME \
                          --enable-clocale=gnu \
                          $GCC_OPTS \
                          --disable-nls \
-                         --enable-checking=release"
+                         --enable-checking=release \
+                         --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=gcc4-compatible"
 
 pre_configure_bootstrap() {
   setup_toolchain host