diff -r 2b64e1b502cd -r 5016315d88ba scripts/crosstool-NG.sh.in
--- a/scripts/crosstool-NG.sh.in	Mon Nov 19 11:19:54 2012 +0100
+++ b/scripts/crosstool-NG.sh.in	Mon Nov 19 21:45:09 2012 +0100
@@ -487,12 +487,22 @@
         rm -f "${tmp}"
     fi
 
-    # Help gcc
+    # Help build gcc
+    # Explicitly optimise, else the lines below will overide the
+    # package's default optimisation flags
+    CT_CFLAGS_FOR_BUILD="-O2 -g"
+    CT_CFLAGS_FOR_BUILD+=" ${CT_EXTRA_CFLAGS_FOR_BUILD}"
+    CT_LDFLAGS_FOR_BUILD=
+    CT_LDFLAGS_FOR_BUILD+=" ${CT_EXTRA_LDFLAGS_FOR_BUILD}"
+    
+    # Help host gcc
     # Explicitly optimise, else the lines below will overide the
     # package's default optimisation flags
     CT_CFLAGS_FOR_HOST="-O2 -g"
     [ "${CT_USE_PIPES}" = "y" ] && CT_CFLAGS_FOR_HOST+=" -pipe"
-    CT_CFLAGS_FOR_HOST+=" ${CT_EXTRA_FLAGS_FOR_HOST}"
+    CT_CFLAGS_FOR_HOST+=" ${CT_EXTRA_CFLAGS_FOR_HOST}"
+    CT_LDFLAGS_FOR_HOST=
+    CT_LDFLAGS_FOR_HOST+=" ${CT_EXTRA_LDFLAGS_FOR_HOST}"
 
     # Set the shell to be used by ./configure scripts and by Makefiles (those
     # that support it!).