diff --git a/util/install/gentoo.sh b/util/install/gentoo.sh
index b031fc7629e..49e80490bec 100755
--- a/util/install/gentoo.sh
+++ b/util/install/gentoo.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ _qmk_install() {
 
     sudo touch /etc/portage/package.use/qmkfirmware
     # tee is used here since sudo doesn't apply to >>
-    echo "sys-devel/gcc multilib" | sudo tee --append /etc/portage/package.use/qmkfirmware >/dev/null
+    echo "sys-devel/gcc multilib\ncross-arm-none-eabi/newlib nano" | sudo tee --append /etc/portage/package.use/qmkfirmware >/dev/null
     sudo emerge -auN sys-devel/gcc
     sudo emerge -au --noreplace \
         app-arch/unzip app-arch/zip net-misc/wget sys-devel/clang \