diff --git a/arch/arc/Makefile b/arch/arc/Makefile
index 6f05e509889f..d72d9f4dfc3d 100644
--- a/arch/arc/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arc/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 KBUILD_DEFCONFIG := nsim_hs_defconfig
 
 ifeq ($(CROSS_COMPILE),)
-CROSS_COMPILE := $(call cc-cross-prefix, arc-linux- arceb-linux-)
+CROSS_COMPILE := $(call cc-cross-prefix, arc-linux- arceb-linux- arc-linux-gnu-)
 endif
 
 cflags-y	+= -fno-common -pipe -fno-builtin -mmedium-calls -D__linux__