diff --git a/recipes-multimedia/rpidistro-ffmpeg/rpidistro-ffmpeg_4.3.4.bb b/recipes-multimedia/rpidistro-ffmpeg/rpidistro-ffmpeg_4.3.4.bb
index 30e7c57..a4a7f90 100644
--- a/recipes-multimedia/rpidistro-ffmpeg/rpidistro-ffmpeg_4.3.4.bb
+++ b/recipes-multimedia/rpidistro-ffmpeg/rpidistro-ffmpeg_4.3.4.bb
@@ -144,6 +144,9 @@ EXTRA_OECONF = " \
 "
 EXTRA_OECONF:append:linux-gnux32 = " --disable-asm"
 
+# Some patches introduce assembly files which needs preprocessing with
+# gcc e.g. src/libavutil/aarch64/rpi_sand_neon.S
+TOOLCHAIN = "gcc"
 # gold crashes on x86, another solution is to --disable-asm but thats more hacky
 # ld.gold: internal error in relocate_section, at ../../gold/i386.cc:3684
 LDFLAGS:append:x86 = "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'ld-is-gold', ' -fuse-ld=bfd ', '', d)}"