diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -531,13 +531,15 @@
 .endfor
 
 .if defined(USE_GCC_TOOLCHAINS)
-TOOLCHAINS_amd64=	amd64-gcc12
-TOOLCHAINS_arm=		armv7-gcc12
-TOOLCHAINS_arm64=	aarch64-gcc12
-TOOLCHAINS_i386=	i386-gcc12
-TOOLCHAINS_powerpc=	powerpc-gcc12 powerpc64-gcc12
-TOOLCHAIN_powerpc64=	powerpc64-gcc12
-TOOLCHAINS_riscv=	riscv64-gcc12
+_DEFAULT_GCC_VERSION=	gcc12
+_GCC_VERSION=		${"${USE_GCC_TOOLCHAINS:Mgcc*}" != "":?${USE_GCC_TOOLCHAINS}:${_DEFAULT_GCC_VERSION}}
+TOOLCHAINS_amd64=	amd64-${_GCC_VERSION}
+TOOLCHAINS_arm=		armv7-${_GCC_VERSION}
+TOOLCHAINS_arm64=	aarch64-${_GCC_VERSION}
+TOOLCHAINS_i386=	i386-${_GCC_VERSION}
+TOOLCHAINS_powerpc=	powerpc-${_GCC_VERSION} powerpc64-${_GCC_VERSION}
+TOOLCHAIN_powerpc64=	powerpc64-${_GCC_VERSION}
+TOOLCHAINS_riscv=	riscv64-${_GCC_VERSION}
 .endif
 
 # If a target is using an external toolchain, set MAKE_PARAMS to enable use
diff --git a/share/man/man7/build.7 b/share/man/man7/build.7
--- a/share/man/man7/build.7
+++ b/share/man/man7/build.7
@@ -879,6 +879,11 @@
 Use external GCC toolchains to build the requested targets.
 If the required toolchain package for a supported architecture is not installed,
 the build for that architecture is skipped.
+.Pp
+A specific version of GCC can be used by setting the value of this variable
+to the desired version
+.Pq for example, Dq gcc14 ;
+otherwise a default version of GCC is used.
 .It Va TARGETS
 Only build the listed targets instead of each supported architecture.
 .It Va EXTRA_TARGETS