diff -r afa3fde1f7a7 -r 13df2720b374 scripts/crosstool-NG.sh.in
--- a/scripts/crosstool-NG.sh.in	Sun Oct 16 13:26:26 2011 +0200
+++ b/scripts/crosstool-NG.sh.in	Fri Oct 14 22:44:24 2011 +0200
@@ -464,6 +464,19 @@
         *)  ;;
     esac
 
+    # Now we know our host and where to find the host tools, we can check
+    # if static link was requested, but only if it was requested
+    if [ "${CT_WANTS_STATIC_LINK}" = "y" ]; then
+        tmp="${CT_BUILD_DIR}/.static-test"
+        if ! "${CT_HOST}-gcc" -xc - -static -o "${tmp}" >/dev/null 2>&1 <<-_EOF_
+				int main() { return 0; }
+			_EOF_
+        then
+            CT_Abort "Static linking impossible on the host system '${CT_HOST}'"
+        fi
+        rm -f "${tmp}"
+    fi
+
     # Help gcc
     CT_CFLAGS_FOR_HOST=
     [ "${CT_USE_PIPES}" = "y" ] && CT_CFLAGS_FOR_HOST+=" -pipe"