diff --git a/openpower/configs/p9dsu_defconfig b/openpower/configs/p9dsu_defconfig
index 0f51cf2..84b77ae 100644
--- a/openpower/configs/p9dsu_defconfig
+++ b/openpower/configs/p9dsu_defconfig
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 BR2_OPENPOWER_PLATFORM=y
 BR2_OPENPOWER_POWER9=y
 BR2_HOSTBOOT_CONFIG_FILE="p9dsu.config"
+BR2_HOSTBOOT_USE_ALTERNATE_GCC=y
 BR2_OPENPOWER_MACHINE_XML_GITHUB_PROJECT_VALUE="p9dsu-xml"
 BR2_OPENPOWER_MACHINE_XML_VERSION="32ce616ef80f5cc3f128b3aa08fe50954a087888"
 BR2_OPENPOWER_MACHINE_XML_FILENAME="p9dsu.xml"