diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-runtime.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-runtime.inc
index 72b8081cd3..9e7e7c5b3d 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-runtime.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-runtime.inc
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ EXTRA_OECONF_PATHS = "\
 EXTRA_OECONF_append_linuxstdbase = " --enable-clocale=gnu"
 
 RUNTIMELIBITM = "libitm"
+RUNTIMELIBITM_arc = ""
 RUNTIMELIBITM_mipsarch = ""
 RUNTIMELIBITM_nios2 = ""
 RUNTIMELIBITM_microblaze = ""