diff --git a/litex/soc/cores/cpu/microwatt/core.py b/litex/soc/cores/cpu/microwatt/core.py
index 603a950d2..ca4aae2bc 100644
--- a/litex/soc/cores/cpu/microwatt/core.py
+++ b/litex/soc/cores/cpu/microwatt/core.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class Microwatt(CPU):
     human_name           = "Microwatt"
     data_width           = 64
     endianness           = "little"
-    gcc_triple           = ("powerpc64le-linux")
+    gcc_triple           = ("powerpc64le-linux", "powerpc64le-linux-gnu")
     linker_output_format = "elf64-powerpcle"
     nop                  = "nop"
     io_regions           = {0xc0000000: 0x10000000} # origin, length