diff -Naur glibc-20080915.orig/Makeconfig glibc-20080915/Makeconfig
--- glibc-20080915.orig/Makeconfig	2008-09-18 18:41:13.000000000 +0000
+++ glibc-20080915/Makeconfig	2008-09-18 18:45:18.000000000 +0000
@@ -525,12 +525,20 @@
   libunwind = -lunwind
 endif
 ifneq ($(have-as-needed),yes)
+ifneq ($(have-cc-with-libgcc_eh),yes)
+ libgcc_eh := $(libunwind)
+else
  libgcc_eh := -lgcc_eh $(libunwind)
+endif
 else
  libgcc_eh := -Wl,--as-needed -lgcc_s$(libgcc_s_suffix) $(libunwind) -Wl,--no-as-needed
 endif
 gnulib := -lgcc $(libgcc_eh)
+ifneq ($(have-cc-with-libunwind),yes)
+ static-gnulib := -lgcc $(libunwind)
+else
 static-gnulib := -lgcc -lgcc_eh $(libunwind)
+endif
 libc.so-gnulib := -lgcc
 endif
 ifeq ($(elf),yes)
diff -Naur glibc-20080915.orig/config.make.in glibc-20080915/config.make.in
--- glibc-20080915.orig/config.make.in	2008-09-18 18:41:10.000000000 +0000
+++ glibc-20080915/config.make.in	2008-09-18 18:46:29.000000000 +0000
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
 have-libaudit = @have_libaudit@
 have-libcap = @have_libcap@
 have-cc-with-libunwind = @libc_cv_cc_with_libunwind@
+have-cc-with-libgcc_eh = @libc_cv_cc_with_libgcc_eh@
 fno-unit-at-a-time = @fno_unit_at_a_time@
 bind-now = @bindnow@
 have-hash-style = @libc_cv_hashstyle@
diff -Naur glibc-20080915.orig/configure glibc-20080915/configure
--- glibc-20080915.orig/configure	2008-09-18 18:41:10.000000000 +0000
+++ glibc-20080915/configure	2008-09-18 18:50:52.000000000 +0000
@@ -716,6 +716,7 @@
 BISON
 VERSIONING
 libc_cv_cc_with_libunwind
+libc_cv_cc_with_libgcc_eh
 libc_cv_Bgroup
 libc_cv_libgcc_s_suffix
 libc_cv_as_needed
@@ -6052,6 +6053,33 @@
 
   fi
 
+  { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking whether to link against libgcc_eh" >&5
+echo $ECHO_N "checking whether to link against libgcc_eh... $ECHO_C" >&6; }
+if test "${libc_cv_cc_with_libgcc_eh+set}" = set; then
+  echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
+else
+
+    cat > conftest.c <<EOF
+int main (void) { return 0; }
+EOF
+    if ${CC-cc} $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS -static -o conftest \
+       conftest.c -v 2>&1 >/dev/null | grep -q " -lgcc_eh "; then
+      libc_cv_cc_with_libgcc_eh=yes
+    else
+      libc_cv_cc_with_libgcc_eh=no
+    fi
+    rm -f conftest*
+fi
+{ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $libc_cv_cc_with_libgcc_eh" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}$libc_cv_cc_with_libgcc_eh" >&6; }
+
+  if test $libc_cv_cc_with_libgcc_eh = yes; then
+    cat >>confdefs.h <<\_ACEOF
+#define HAVE_CC_WITH_LIBGCC_EH 1
+_ACEOF
+
+  fi
+
   { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for -z nodelete option" >&5
 echo $ECHO_N "checking for -z nodelete option... $ECHO_C" >&6; }
 if test "${libc_cv_z_nodelete+set}" = set; then
@@ -9279,6 +9307,7 @@
 BISON!$BISON$ac_delim
 VERSIONING!$VERSIONING$ac_delim
 libc_cv_cc_with_libunwind!$libc_cv_cc_with_libunwind$ac_delim
+libc_cv_cc_with_libgcc_eh!$libc_cv_cc_with_libgcc_eh$ac_delim
 libc_cv_Bgroup!$libc_cv_Bgroup$ac_delim
 libc_cv_libgcc_s_suffix!$libc_cv_libgcc_s_suffix$ac_delim
 libc_cv_as_needed!$libc_cv_as_needed$ac_delim
diff -Naur glibc-20080915.orig/configure.in glibc-20080915/configure.in
--- glibc-20080915.orig/configure.in	2008-09-18 18:41:10.000000000 +0000
+++ glibc-20080915/configure.in	2008-09-18 18:52:20.000000000 +0000
@@ -1394,6 +1394,23 @@
     AC_DEFINE(HAVE_CC_WITH_LIBUNWIND)
   fi
 
+  AC_CACHE_CHECK(whether to link against libgcc_eh,
+                 libc_cv_cc_with_libgcc_eh, [
+    cat > conftest.c <<EOF
+int main (void) { return 0; }
+EOF
+    if ${CC-cc} $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS -static -o conftest \
+       conftest.c -v 2>&1 >/dev/null | grep -q " -lgcc_eh "; then
+      libc_cv_cc_with_libgcc_eh=yes
+    else
+      libc_cv_cc_with_libgcc_eh=no
+    fi
+    rm -f conftest*])
+  AC_SUBST(libc_cv_cc_with_libgcc_eh)
+  if test $libc_cv_cc_with_libgcc_eh = yes; then
+    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_CC_WITH_LIBGCC_EH)
+  fi
+
   AC_CACHE_CHECK(for -z nodelete option,
 		 libc_cv_z_nodelete, [dnl
   cat > conftest.c <<EOF