diff -r 78d2f99d403f -r 6d909657dbdf scripts/xldd.in
--- a/scripts/xldd.in	Tue Nov 23 21:35:10 2010 +0100
+++ b/scripts/xldd.in	Tue Nov 23 21:35:28 2010 +0100
@@ -132,7 +132,15 @@
     exit 1
 fi
 
-sysroot="$( "${gcc}" -print-sysroot )"
+sysroot="$( "${gcc}" -print-sysroot 2>/dev/null )"
+if [ -z "${sysroot}" ]; then
+    sysroot="$( "${gcc}" -print-file-name=libc.so 2>/dev/null   \
+                |sed -r -e 's:/usr/lib/libc.so$::;'             \
+              )"
+fi
+if [ -z "${sysroot}" ]; then
+    do_error "unable to find sysroot for \`${gcc}'"
+fi
 
 do_report_needed_found() {
     local needed="${1}"