diff --git a/base/gcc/gcc.conf b/base/gcc/gcc.conf
index afff51ce7..bb832e785 100644
--- a/base/gcc/gcc.conf
+++ b/base/gcc/gcc.conf
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ var_append confopt ' ' '--disable-checking'
 # we build a cross compiler in stage0 and later use known good GCCs, no bstrap
 var_append confopt ' ' '--disable-bootstrap'
 
+# enable plugin support
+var_append extraconfopt ' ' '--enable-plugin'
+
 # build version specific runtime libraries (default 0)
 # needed if multiple versions of gcc are installed
 [ "$SDECFG_PKG_GCC_VERSION_LIBS" = 1 ] && \