diff --git a/meta/classes-global/base.bbclass b/meta/classes-global/base.bbclass
index ac145d9fd6..6be1f5c2df 100644
--- a/meta/classes-global/base.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-global/base.bbclass
@@ -30,8 +30,9 @@ PREFERRED_TOOLCHAIN:class-crosssdk = "${PREFERRED_TOOLCHAIN_SDK}"
 PREFERRED_TOOLCHAIN:class-nativesdk = "${PREFERRED_TOOLCHAIN_SDK}"
 
 TOOLCHAIN ??= "${PREFERRED_TOOLCHAIN}"
+TOOLCHAIN_NATIVE ??= "${PREFERRED_TOOLCHAIN_NATIVE}"
 
-inherit toolchain/gcc-native
+inherit_defer toolchain/${TOOLCHAIN_NATIVE}-native
 inherit_defer toolchain/${TOOLCHAIN}
 
 def lsb_distro_identifier(d):