diff --git a/config/sources/meson64.conf b/config/sources/meson64.conf
index 992c343be..a5339de85 100644
--- a/config/sources/meson64.conf
+++ b/config/sources/meson64.conf
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ case $BRANCH in
 	KERNELSOURCE=$MAINLINE_KERNEL_SOURCE
 	KERNELBRANCH=$MAINLINE_KERNEL_BRANCH
 	KERNELDIR=$MAINLINE_KERNEL_DIR
-    	;;
+	KERNEL_USE_GCC='> 7.0'
+   	;;
 
 	dev)
 	KERNELSOURCE=$MAINLINE_KERNEL_SOURCE