diff --git a/package/vlc/vlc.mk b/package/vlc/vlc.mk
index 666b8d4bf5..583edf3659 100644
--- a/package/vlc/vlc.mk
+++ b/package/vlc/vlc.mk
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@ VLC_AUTORECONF = YES
 # Install vlc libraries in staging.
 VLC_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 
+# gcc bug internal compiler error: in merge_overlapping_regs, at
+# regrename.c:304. This bug is fixed since gcc 6.
+ifeq ($(BR2_microblaze):$(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_6),y:)
+VLC_CONF_ENV += CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS) -O0"
+VLC_CONF_OPTS += --disable-optimizations
+endif
+
 # VLC defines two autoconf functions which are also defined by our own pkg.m4
 # from pkgconf. Unfortunately, they are defined in a different way: VLC adds
 # --enable- options, but pkg.m4 adds --with- options. To make sure we use