diff --git a/conf/distro/openbmc-phosphor.conf b/conf/distro/openbmc-phosphor.conf
index f1e50dc..b59715d 100644
--- a/conf/distro/openbmc-phosphor.conf
+++ b/conf/distro/openbmc-phosphor.conf
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 DISTRO_VERSION = "0.1.0"
 TARGET_VENDOR="-openbmc"
 
+GCCVERSION ?= "4.9.3"
 IMAGE_FSTYPES += "cpio.gz"
 IMAGE_LINGUAS = "en-us"