diff --git a/meta-arago-distro/conf/distro/arago.conf b/meta-arago-distro/conf/distro/arago.conf
index 6287cc44..f74d13ad 100644
--- a/meta-arago-distro/conf/distro/arago.conf
+++ b/meta-arago-distro/conf/distro/arago.conf
@@ -142,3 +142,8 @@ SKIP_META_VIRT_SANITY_CHECK = "1"
 # included by default. If you enable any of those codecs you should check
 # if the below acceptance flags still work for your software distribution
 LICENSE_FLAGS_ACCEPTED = "commercial_ffmpeg commercial_gstreamer1.0-libav"
+
+# Temporary hack to fix a compile issue on Armv7 platforms with qtbase.
+# We are working to reproduce this error and submit bug reports for this
+# issue.
+DEFAULTTUNE:armv7a = "armv7athf"