diff --git a/toolchain/Config.in b/toolchain/Config.in
index 64a07f91dc..407a03c42e 100644
--- a/toolchain/Config.in
+++ b/toolchain/Config.in
@@ -927,6 +927,7 @@ comment "Bare metal toolchain"
 
 config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BARE_METAL_BUILDROOT
 	bool "Build a bare metal toolchain"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_NEWLIB_BARE_METAL
 	help
 	  Select if you need a bare-metal toolchain for building
 	  platform specific firmware images.
diff --git a/toolchain/toolchain-bare-metal-buildroot/Config.in b/toolchain/toolchain-bare-metal-buildroot/Config.in
index 3c99c7e1b5..6fe969357f 100644
--- a/toolchain/toolchain-bare-metal-buildroot/Config.in
+++ b/toolchain/toolchain-bare-metal-buildroot/Config.in
@@ -6,4 +6,6 @@ config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BARE_METAL_BUILDROOT_ARCH
 	  This option allows to define the architecture tuple for the
 	  bare-metal toolchain.
 
+source "package/newlib-bare-metal/Config.in"
+
 endif # BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BARE_METAL_BUILDROOT
diff --git a/toolchain/toolchain-bare-metal-buildroot/toolchain-bare-metal-buildroot.mk b/toolchain/toolchain-bare-metal-buildroot/toolchain-bare-metal-buildroot.mk
index 4dc36ef3f3..dbfe30a910 100644
--- a/toolchain/toolchain-bare-metal-buildroot/toolchain-bare-metal-buildroot.mk
+++ b/toolchain/toolchain-bare-metal-buildroot/toolchain-bare-metal-buildroot.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-TOOLCHAIN_BARE_METAL_BUILDROOT_DEPENDENCIES =
+TOOLCHAIN_BARE_METAL_BUILDROOT_DEPENDENCIES = newlib-bare-metal
 TOOLCHAIN_BARE_METAL_BUILDROOT_ARCH_TUPLE = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BARE_METAL_BUILDROOT_ARCH))
 TOOLCHAIN_BARE_METAL_BUILDROOT_SYSROOT = $(HOST_DIR)/$(TOOLCHAIN_BARE_METAL_BUILDROOT_ARCH_TUPLE)/sysroot
 TOOLCHAIN_BARE_METAL_BUILDROOT_ADD_TOOLCHAIN_DEPENDENCY = NO