diff --git a/openpower/configs/romulus_defconfig b/openpower/configs/romulus_defconfig
index a2211d7..02d94e0 100644
--- a/openpower/configs/romulus_defconfig
+++ b/openpower/configs/romulus_defconfig
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 BR2_OPENPOWER_PLATFORM=y
 BR2_OPENPOWER_POWER9=y
 BR2_HOSTBOOT_CONFIG_FILE="romulus.config"
+BR2_HOSTBOOT_USE_ALTERNATE_GCC=y
 BR2_OPENPOWER_MACHINE_XML_GITHUB_PROJECT_VALUE="romulus-xml"
 BR2_OPENPOWER_MACHINE_XML_VERSION="5b3fbcaa256eb3638a2ccd09973019efb3c4cddc"
 BR2_OPENPOWER_MACHINE_XML_FILENAME="romulus.xml"