diff --git a/openpower/configs/firestone_defconfig b/openpower/configs/firestone_defconfig
index 074809c..966d8ed 100644
--- a/openpower/configs/firestone_defconfig
+++ b/openpower/configs/firestone_defconfig
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
-BR2_powerpc64=y
+BR2_powerpc64le=y
 BR2_powerpc_power8=y
 BR2_OPENPOWER_PLATFORM=y
 
+BR2_BINUTILS_EXTRA_CONFIG_OPTIONS="--enable-targets=powerpc64-linux"
+BR2_EXTRA_GCC_CONFIG_OPTIONS="--enable-targets=powerpc64-linux"
+BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BUILDROOT_CXX=y
+# BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BUILDROOT_LIBSTDCPP is not set
+
 BR2_OPENPOWER_CONFIG_NAME="firestone"
 BR2_OPENPOWER_XML_PACKAGE="firestone-xml"
 BR2_HOSTBOOT_CONFIG_FILE="firestone.config"