diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/utils.py b/meta/lib/oe/utils.py
index 643ab78df7..73b2f79e07 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oe/utils.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/utils.py
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ def host_gcc_version(d):
     except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
         bb.fatal("Error running %s --version: %s" % (compiler, e.output.decode("utf-8")))
 
-    match = re.match(".* (\d\.\d)\.\d.*", output.split('\n')[0])
+    match = re.match(".* (\d+\.\d+)\.\d+.*", output.split('\n')[0])
     if not match:
         bb.fatal("Can't get compiler version from %s --version output" % compiler)