diff --git a/recipes-extended/xen/xen.inc b/recipes-extended/xen/xen.inc
index 5937763a..dcd281b5 100644
--- a/recipes-extended/xen/xen.inc
+++ b/recipes-extended/xen/xen.inc
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ HOMEPAGE = "http://xen.org"
 LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
 SECTION = "console/tools"
 
+TOOLCHAIN = "gcc"
+
 inherit autotools-brokensep pkgconfig
 
 require xen-arch.inc