diff --git a/config/sources/odroidxu4.conf b/config/sources/odroidxu4.conf
index 7d4df157fc..27a9c1ad17 100644
--- a/config/sources/odroidxu4.conf
+++ b/config/sources/odroidxu4.conf
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ BOOTLOADER='https://github.com/hardkernel/u-boot.git'
 BOOTBRANCH='odroidxu3-v2012.07'
 BOOTSOURCE='u-boot-odroidxu'
 
+UBOOT_NEEDS_GCC='< 4.9'
+
 case $BRANCH in
 	default)
 	LINUXKERNEL='https://github.com/hardkernel/linux'