diff --git a/package/base/gcc/gcc.conf b/package/base/gcc/gcc.conf
index 6a53899ce..36d74b42f 100644
--- a/package/base/gcc/gcc.conf
+++ b/package/base/gcc/gcc.conf
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ custmain() {
 		# need a syslimits.h for a working gcc
 		#
 		mkdir -p gcc/include
-		echo '#include_next <limits.h>' > gcc/include/syslimits.h
+		echo '#include "/usr/include/limits.h"' > gcc/include/syslimits.h
 
 		hook_eval premake