diff --git a/configure/CONFIG.gnuCommon b/configure/CONFIG.gnuCommon
index 9ea5fe5c0..ff1fab157 100644
--- a/configure/CONFIG.gnuCommon
+++ b/configure/CONFIG.gnuCommon
@@ -50,3 +50,5 @@ STATIC_LDFLAGS_NO =
 
 SHRLIB_CFLAGS = -fPIC
 
+GNU_LDLIBS_YES = -lgcc
+
diff --git a/configure/CONFIG_COMMON b/configure/CONFIG_COMMON
index e5205b60f..fa5b82bed 100644
--- a/configure/CONFIG_COMMON
+++ b/configure/CONFIG_COMMON
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ LDFLAGS = $(OPT_LDFLAGS) $(TARGET_LDFLAGS) $(USR_LDFLAGS) \
  $(RUNTIME_LDFLAGS) $(CODE_LDFLAGS)
 
 LDLIBS = $(STATIC_LDLIBS)\
- $(POSIX_LDLIBS) $(ARCH_DEP_LDLIBS) $(DEBUG_LDLIBS) $(OP_SYS_LDLIBS)
+ $(POSIX_LDLIBS) $(ARCH_DEP_LDLIBS) $(DEBUG_LDLIBS) $(OP_SYS_LDLIBS) $(GNU_LDLIBS_$(GNU))
 
 CPPFLAGS += $(CONFORM_CPPFLAGS) $($(BUILD_CLASS)_CPPFLAGS) $(POSIX_CPPFLAGS)\
  $(BASE_CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_CPPFLAGS) $(USR_CPPFLAGS) $(ARCH_DEP_CPPFLAGS)\