diff --git a/meta-zephyr-core/recipes-kernel/zephyr-kernel/zephyr-kernel-common.inc b/meta-zephyr-core/recipes-kernel/zephyr-kernel/zephyr-kernel-common.inc
index 3a8a4da..eb8f224 100644
--- a/meta-zephyr-core/recipes-kernel/zephyr-kernel/zephyr-kernel-common.inc
+++ b/meta-zephyr-core/recipes-kernel/zephyr-kernel/zephyr-kernel-common.inc
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ EXTRA_OECMAKE = "\
     -DSOC_ROOT=${SOC_ROOT} \
     -DZEPHYR_TOOLCHAIN_VARIANT=${ZEPHYR_TOOLCHAIN_VARIANT} \
     -DZEPHYR_MODULES=${ZEPHYR_MODULES} \
+    ${@bb.utils.contains('ZEPHYR_TOOLCHAIN_VARIANT', 'cross-compile', '-DCONFIG_STATIC_INIT_GNU=y', '', d)} \
     "
 
 ZEPHYR_EXTRA_MODULES = ""