diff --git a/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-configure-common.inc b/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-configure-common.inc
index e2ce234..375c5e9 100644
--- a/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-configure-common.inc
+++ b/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-configure-common.inc
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 
 EXTRA_OECONF_BASE ?= ""
 EXTRA_OECONF_PATHS ?= ""
-EXTRA_OECONF_INITIAL ?= ""
 
 GCCMULTILIB ?= "--disable-multilib"
 GCCTHREADS ?= "posix"
@@ -47,6 +46,10 @@
     ${@get_gcc_multiarch_setting(bb, d)} \
 "
 
+# glibc version is a minimum controlling whether features are enabled. 
+# Doesn't need to track glibc exactly
+EXTRA_OECONF_append_libc-glibc = " --with-glibc-version=2.28 "
+
 # Set this here since GCC configure won't auto-detect and enable
 # initfini-arry when cross compiling.
 EXTRA_OECONF_append = " --enable-initfini-array"