diff --git a/scripts/gccnewlib/target-c++.add b/scripts/gccnewlib/target-c++.add
index df757c6794..2998cc144a 100644
--- a/scripts/gccnewlib/target-c++.add
+++ b/scripts/gccnewlib/target-c++.add
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
 %package -n %{rpmprefix}%{gcc_target}-c++
 Summary:	gcc/g++ compiler (c++) for %{gcc_target}
 Group:          %{rpmgroup}
+%if "%{_prefix}" != "/usr"
 Requires:       %{rpmprefix}rtems@osversion@-base-gcc
+%endif
 Requires:       %{rpmprefix}%{gcc_target}-gcc = %{gccnewlib_version}-%{release}
 
 %description -n %{rpmprefix}%{gcc_target}-c++