diff --git a/package/gcc/gcc.mk b/package/gcc/gcc.mk
index b6a3ac9ad1..f324f9943b 100644
--- a/package/gcc/gcc.mk
+++ b/package/gcc/gcc.mk
@@ -115,7 +115,9 @@ HOST_GCC_COMMON_CONF_OPTS += --disable-libitm
 endif
 
 # quadmath support requires wchar
-ifeq ($(BR2_USE_WCHAR),)
+ifeq ($(BR2_USE_WCHAR)$(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_LIBQUADMATH),yy)
+HOST_GCC_COMMON_CONF_OPTS += --enable-libquadmath
+else
 HOST_GCC_COMMON_CONF_OPTS += --disable-libquadmath
 endif