diff --git a/ports/gcc/PACKAGE b/ports/gcc/PACKAGE
index 5d777874..9e9b4e74 100644
--- a/ports/gcc/PACKAGE
+++ b/ports/gcc/PACKAGE
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ do_patch()
 
 do_configure()
 {
-    $srcdir/configure --prefix=/usr --target=$LUNA_ARCH-luna --host=$LUNA_ARCH-luna --disable-nls --with-build-sysroot=$BUILD_SYSROOT --enable-languages=c,c++
+    $srcdir/configure --prefix=/usr --target=$LUNA_ARCH-luna --host=$LUNA_ARCH-luna --disable-nls --with-build-sysroot=$LUNA_BASE --enable-languages=c,c++ --enable-checking
 }
 
 do_build()