diff --git a/meta-yocto/conf/distro/poky-tiny.conf b/meta-yocto/conf/distro/poky-tiny.conf
index 58d64ece35..327cc1ee2c 100644
--- a/meta-yocto/conf/distro/poky-tiny.conf
+++ b/meta-yocto/conf/distro/poky-tiny.conf
@@ -63,12 +63,17 @@ ASSUME_PROVIDED += "pkgconfig$"
 # Reconfigure eglibc for a smaller installation
 # Comment out any of the lines below to disable them in the build
 DISTRO_FEATURES_LIBC_TINY = "libc-libm libc-crypt"
-# for gettext
-DISTRO_FEATURES_LIBC_TINY += "libc-posix-clang-wchar"
-# for m4
-DISTRO_FEATURES_LIBC_TINY += "libc-spawn libc-locale-code"
-# for elfutils
-DISTRO_FEATURES_LIBC_TINY += "libc-ftraverse"
+
+# Building meta-toolchain currently imposes some additional requirements:
+# If you do not plan to build meta-toolchain, you can save ~461KB by
+# commenting out the DISTRO_FEATURES_LIBC_TOOLCHAIN assignment
+# gettext needs wchar, m4 needs spawn and locale, elfutils needs ftraverse
+DISTRO_FEATURES_LIBC_TOOLCHAIN = "libc-posix-clang-wchar \
+                                  libc-spawn libc-locale-code \
+                                  libc-ftraverse libc-libm-big \
+                                  libc-posix-regexp-glibc \
+                                 "
+
 # Required for "who"
 DISTRO_FEATURES_LIBC_MINIMAL = "libc-utmp libc-getlogin"
 DISTRO_FEATURES_LIBC_REGEX = "libc-posix-regexp"
@@ -78,6 +83,7 @@ DISTRO_FEATURES_LIBC = "${DISTRO_FEATURES_LIBC_TINY} \
                         ${DISTRO_FEATURES_LIBC_MINIMAL} \
                         ${DISTRO_FEATURES_LIBC_REGEX} \
                         ${DISTRO_FEATURES_LIBC_NET} \
+                        ${DISTRO_FEATURES_LIBC_TOOLCHAIN} \
                        "
 
 # Comment out any of the lines below to disable them in the build