diff --git a/meta-citadel/conf/distro/citadel-distro.conf b/meta-citadel/conf/distro/citadel-distro.conf
index 9bb6831..af1079f 100644
--- a/meta-citadel/conf/distro/citadel-distro.conf
+++ b/meta-citadel/conf/distro/citadel-distro.conf
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ BUILD_REPRODUCIBLE_BINARIES = "1"
 
 INHERIT += "reproducible_build"
 
+GCCVERSION = "7.%"
+
 # Override meta-rust dependencies.
 #
 # Instead of bringing in all of openembedded, we imported the two recipes