diff --git a/chapter08/gcc.xml b/chapter08/gcc.xml
index b3397d8be..e0b0f08f5 100644
--- a/chapter08/gcc.xml
+++ b/chapter08/gcc.xml
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ cd build
--enable-default-pie \
--enable-default-ssp \
--enable-host-pie \
+ --enable-targets=all \
--disable-multilib \
--disable-bootstrap \
--disable-fixincludes \
@@ -104,6 +105,16 @@ cd build
the Zlib library, rather than its own internal copy.
+
+
+ --enable-targets=all/
+
+ This switch tells GCC to enable 64-bit code generation
+ support even if we are building it for a 32-bit system.
+ It's needed to build GRUB for 64-bit UEFI. This switch has no
+ effect if building a 64-bit LFS.
+
+