diff --git a/build/conf/local.conf.sample b/build/conf/local.conf.sample
index 31209097f2..149cd81abf 100644
--- a/build/conf/local.conf.sample
+++ b/build/conf/local.conf.sample
@@ -92,6 +92,10 @@ TMPDIR = "${OEROOT}/build/tmp"
 # Uncomment this if you are using the Openedhand provided qemu deb - see README
 # ASSUME_PROVIDED += "qemu-native"
 
+# Comment this out if you don't have a 3.x gcc version available and wish
+# poky to build one for you. The 3.x gcc is required to build qemu-native.
+ASSUME_PROVIDED += "gcc-native3"
+
 # Uncomment these two if you want BitBake to build images useful for debugging.
 # DEBUG_BUILD = "1"
 # INHIBIT_PACKAGE_STRIP = "1"