diff --git a/arch/arc/Kconfig b/arch/arc/Kconfig
index 04fc7b6..a8dc4e2 100644
--- a/arch/arc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arc/Kconfig
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 config SYS_ARCH
 	default "arc"
 
+config USE_PRIVATE_LIBGCC
+	default y
+
 config SYS_CPU
 	default "arcv1"