diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-configure-target.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-configure-target.inc
index 1ee75048ba..b1ac4ff777 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-configure-target.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-configure-target.inc
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 require gcc-configure-common.inc
 
 EXTRA_OECONF_PATHS = " \
+    --with-sysroot=\
+    --with-build-sysroot=${STAGING_DIR_TARGET} \
     --with-gxx-include-dir=${includedir}/c++/"