diff --git a/openpower/configs/barreleye_defconfig b/openpower/configs/barreleye_defconfig
index b6da7f9..930090b 100755
--- a/openpower/configs/barreleye_defconfig
+++ b/openpower/configs/barreleye_defconfig
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 BR2_EXTRA_GCC_CONFIG_OPTIONS="--enable-targets=powerpc64-linux"
 BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BUILDROOT_CXX=y
 # BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BUILDROOT_LIBSTDCPP is not set
+BR2_GLIBC_VERSION_2_23=y
 
 BR2_OPENPOWER_CONFIG_NAME="barreleye"
 BR2_OPENPOWER_XML_PACKAGE="barreleye-xml"