diff --git a/configure b/configure
index bfa92c03a..082b2fc10 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1178,6 +1178,10 @@ if [[ "${CONFIG[DEBUG]}" = "y" && $arch = aarch64* && "$CC_TYPE" = "gcc" ]]; the
 			echo "WARNING: For ARM Neoverse-N1 platform, debug build needs GCC version newer than 8.4."
 			echo "         Will work around this by using armv8.2-a+crypto as target architecture for now."
 			CONFIG[ARCH]=armv8.2-a+crypto
+		elif [[ $PART_NUM = 0x0b2 ]]; then
+			echo "WARNING: For ARM octeontx2 platform, debug build needs GCC version newer than 8.4."
+			echo "         Will work around this by using armv8.2-a+crypto as target architecture for now."
+			CONFIG[ARCH]=armv8.2-a+crypto
 		fi
 	fi
 fi