diff --git a/package/sqlite/sqlite.mk b/package/sqlite/sqlite.mk
index 7e97c966b7..d4cdefe34d 100644
--- a/package/sqlite/sqlite.mk
+++ b/package/sqlite/sqlite.mk
@@ -39,8 +39,14 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_SQLITE_NO_SYNC),y)
 SQLITE_CFLAGS += -DSQLITE_NO_SYNC
 endif
 
+# Building with Microblaze Gcc 4.9 makes compiling to hang.
+# Work around using -O0
+ifeq ($(BR2_microblaze):$(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_5),y:)
+SQLITE_CFLAGS += $(TARGET_CFLAGS) -O0
+else
 # fallback to standard -O3 when -Ofast is present to avoid -ffast-math
 SQLITE_CFLAGS += $(subst -Ofast,-O3,$(TARGET_CFLAGS))
+endif
 
 SQLITE_CONF_ENV = CFLAGS="$(SQLITE_CFLAGS)"