diff --git a/base/gmp/gmp.conf b/base/gmp/gmp.conf
index 902a655fb..781443f33 100644
--- a/base/gmp/gmp.conf
+++ b/base/gmp/gmp.conf
@@ -19,9 +19,8 @@ if atstage toolchain; then
 	var_remove_regex confopt ' ' '--target=.*'
 fi
 
-if atstage native; then
-	var_append confopt ' ' "--enable-cxx"
-fi
+# at gmp priority in cross stage we do not have a g++ available
+atstage cross || var_append extraconfopt ' ' '--enable-cxx'
 
 var_append confopt ' ' "--enable-mpfr"