diff --git a/package/libs/toolchain/Makefile b/package/libs/toolchain/Makefile
index f73004bddd..f1f15eddc0 100644
--- a/package/libs/toolchain/Makefile
+++ b/package/libs/toolchain/Makefile
@@ -781,8 +781,9 @@ else
 
 endif
 
-$(eval $(call BuildPackage,libc))
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,libgcc))
+# libc depends on knowing libgcc's ABI, so it needs to be evaluated first
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,libc))
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,libatomic))
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,libquadmath))
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,libstdcpp))