diff -r 6a0b74b87dbd -r b268256e4a08 config/toolchain.in
--- a/config/toolchain.in	Mon Mar 29 12:04:27 2010 +0200
+++ b/config/toolchain.in	Thu Dec 09 18:54:37 2010 +0100
@@ -28,6 +28,23 @@
       In fact, the sysroot path is constructed as:
         ${CT_PREFIX_DIR}/${CT_TARGET}/${CT_SYSROOT_DIR_PREFIX}/sys-root
 
+config STATIC_TOOLCHAIN
+    bool
+    prompt "Build Static Toolchain (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+    depends on EXPERIMENTAL
+    default n
+    help
+      Build static host binaries.
+      
+      If you wish to move the toolchain to another host, and you are not
+      confident that this host has the required versions of system libs, then
+      you can say 'Y' here, and all the host tools will be linked staticaly.
+      
+      The default is 'N', to build dynamicaly-linked host binaries.
+      
+      NOTE: this has no connection to whether the target libraries will be
+      dynamic or static. This only applies to the tools themselves.
+
 comment "Tuple completion and aliasing"
 
 config TARGET_VENDOR