diff --git a/package/gcc/gcc-final/gcc-final.mk b/package/gcc/gcc-final/gcc-final.mk
index d873aa65b0..8d7009bbad 100644
--- a/package/gcc/gcc-final/gcc-final.mk
+++ b/package/gcc/gcc-final/gcc-final.mk
@@ -185,4 +185,8 @@ endef
 HOST_GCC_FINAL_POST_INSTALL_HOOKS += HOST_GCC_FINAL_INSTALL_USR_LIBS
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_xtensa),y)
+HOST_GCC_FINAL_CONF_OPTS += --enable-cxx-flags="$(TARGET_ABI)"
+endif
+
 $(eval $(host-autotools-package))