diff --git a/configs/raspberrypi_defconfig b/configs/raspberrypi_defconfig
index 6e2a398258..5ac381e0c8 100644
--- a/configs/raspberrypi_defconfig
+++ b/configs/raspberrypi_defconfig
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ BR2_CCACHE_DIR="$(TOPDIR)/.buildroot-ccache-raspberrypi"
 BR2_OPTIMIZE_2=y
 BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BUILDROOT_GLIBC=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_LINUX_HEADERS_CUSTOM_4_4=y
+BR2_GCC_VERSION_4_9_X=y
 BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BUILDROOT_CXX=y
 BR2_TARGET_OPTIMIZATION="-pipe"
 BR2_ROOTFS_SKELETON_CUSTOM=y