diff --git a/doc/getting-started/apl-nuc.rst b/doc/getting-started/apl-nuc.rst
index fc145f4c1..dce8ccae0 100644
--- a/doc/getting-started/apl-nuc.rst
+++ b/doc/getting-started/apl-nuc.rst
@@ -446,6 +446,19 @@ each with their own way to install development tools:
           e2fslibs-dev
      $ sudo pip3 install kconfiglib
 
+  .. note::
+     You need to use ``gcc`` version 7.3.* or higher else you will run into issue
+     `#1396 <https://github.com/projectacrn/acrn-hypervisor/issues/1396>`_. Follow
+     these instructions to install the ``gcc-7`` package on Ubuntu 16.04:
+
+     .. code-block:: none
+
+        $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test
+        $ sudo apt update
+        $ sudo apt install g++-7 -y
+        $ sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-7 60 \
+                             --slave /usr/bin/g++ g++ /usr/bin/g++-7
+
   .. note::
      Ubuntu 14.04 requires ``libsystemd-journal-dev`` instead of ``libsystemd-dev``
      as indicated above.