diff --git a/openpower/configs/barreleye_defconfig b/openpower/configs/barreleye_defconfig
index 1bd0649..5cc7122 100644
--- a/openpower/configs/barreleye_defconfig
+++ b/openpower/configs/barreleye_defconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 BR2_powerpc64le=y
 BR2_powerpc_power8=y
 BR2_BINUTILS_EXTRA_CONFIG_OPTIONS="--enable-targets=powerpc64-linux"
+BR2_GCC_VERSION_6_X=y
 BR2_EXTRA_GCC_CONFIG_OPTIONS="--enable-targets=powerpc64-linux --disable-libsanitizer"
 BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BUILDROOT_CXX=y
 BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_HOSTNAME="skiroot"