diff --git a/configs/ipq5018_defconfig b/configs/ipq5018_defconfig
index 3b794cf72b..b10406f814 100644
--- a/configs/ipq5018_defconfig
+++ b/configs/ipq5018_defconfig
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ CONFIG_USB_XHCI_IPQ=y
 #
 # CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_LIBS_FOR_SPEED is not set
 CONFIG_HAVE_PRIVATE_LIBGCC=y
-# CONFIG_USE_PRIVATE_LIBGCC is not set
+CONFIG_USE_PRIVATE_LIBGCC=y
 CONFIG_SYS_HZ=1000
 # CONFIG_SYS_VSNPRINTF is not set
 CONFIG_REGEX=y
diff --git a/configs/ipq5018_tiny_defconfig b/configs/ipq5018_tiny_defconfig
index e9907530a8..40cf113167 100644
--- a/configs/ipq5018_tiny_defconfig
+++ b/configs/ipq5018_tiny_defconfig
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ CONFIG_QCA8033_PHY=y
 #
 # CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_LIBS_FOR_SPEED is not set
 CONFIG_HAVE_PRIVATE_LIBGCC=y
-# CONFIG_USE_PRIVATE_LIBGCC is not set
+CONFIG_USE_PRIVATE_LIBGCC=y
 CONFIG_SYS_HZ=1000
 # CONFIG_SYS_VSNPRINTF is not set
 CONFIG_REGEX=y