diff --git a/openpower/configs/zaius_defconfig b/openpower/configs/zaius_defconfig
index 16cf547..dba9819 100644
--- a/openpower/configs/zaius_defconfig
+++ b/openpower/configs/zaius_defconfig
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 BR2_OPENPOWER_PLATFORM=y
 BR2_OPENPOWER_POWER9=y
 BR2_HOSTBOOT_CONFIG_FILE="zaius.config"
+BR2_HOSTBOOT_USE_ALTERNATE_GCC=y
 BR2_OPENPOWER_MACHINE_XML_GITHUB_PROJECT_VALUE="zaius-xml"
 BR2_OPENPOWER_MACHINE_XML_VERSION="6f6b5efd327958bf5ee7cc51a493d7b3d6f7cefe"
 BR2_OPENPOWER_MACHINE_XML_FILENAME="zaius.xml"