diff --git a/configs/beaglebone_qt5_defconfig b/configs/beaglebone_qt5_defconfig
index 4135f718ed..fb61bf54df 100644
--- a/configs/beaglebone_qt5_defconfig
+++ b/configs/beaglebone_qt5_defconfig
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ BR2_cortex_a8=y
 BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR="board/beaglebone/patches"
 BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_LINUX_HEADERS_CUSTOM_4_1=y
 BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BUILDROOT_GLIBC=y
+BR2_GCC_VERSION_5_X=y
 BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BUILDROOT_CXX=y
 BR2_ROOTFS_DEVICE_CREATION_DYNAMIC_EUDEV=y
 BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_GETTY_PORT="ttyO0"