diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
index 385fc7dd55..a0e0c77fe6 100644
--- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ export STRIP = "${HOST_PREFIX}strip"
 export OBJCOPY = "${HOST_PREFIX}objcopy"
 export OBJDUMP = "${HOST_PREFIX}objdump"
 export STRINGS = "${HOST_PREFIX}strings"
-export NM = "${HOST_PREFIX}nm"
+export NM = "${HOST_PREFIX}gcc-nm"
 export READELF = "${HOST_PREFIX}readelf"
 PYTHON = "${@sys.executable}"