diff --git a/meta-zephyr-core/recipes-kernel/zephyr-kernel/zephyr-toolchain-cross-compile.inc b/meta-zephyr-core/recipes-kernel/zephyr-kernel/zephyr-toolchain-cross-compile.inc
index 2f1ea37..f26683e 100644
--- a/meta-zephyr-core/recipes-kernel/zephyr-kernel/zephyr-toolchain-cross-compile.inc
+++ b/meta-zephyr-core/recipes-kernel/zephyr-kernel/zephyr-toolchain-cross-compile.inc
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ SYSROOT_DIR="${STAGING_DIR_TARGET}"
 EXTRA_OECMAKE:append = " \
     -DCROSS_COMPILE=${CROSS_COMPILE} \
     -DSYSROOT_DIR=${SYSROOT_DIR} \
+    -DTOOLCHAIN_HAS_NEWLIB=ON \
     "
 
 OE_TERMINAL_EXPORTS += "CROSS_COMPILE"