diff --git a/devel/gcc/Makefile b/devel/gcc/Makefile
index c8d87335e..9cdde88dd 100644
--- a/devel/gcc/Makefile
+++ b/devel/gcc/Makefile
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ define Package/gcc/install
 	cp -ar $(TOOLCHAIN_DIR)/include $(1)/usr/lib/$(PKG_NAME)/$(REAL_GNU_TARGET_NAME)/$(PKG_VERSION)
 	cp -a $(TOOLCHAIN_DIR)/lib/*.{o,so*} $(1)/usr/lib/$(PKG_NAME)/$(REAL_GNU_TARGET_NAME)/$(PKG_VERSION)
 	cp -a $(TOOLCHAIN_DIR)/lib/*nonshared*.a  $(1)/usr/lib/$(PKG_NAME)/$(REAL_GNU_TARGET_NAME)/$(PKG_VERSION)
+	grep "GROUP.*-lgcc" $(1)/usr/lib/$(PKG_NAME)/$(REAL_GNU_TARGET_NAME)/$(PKG_VERSION)/libgcc_s.so && cp -a $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/gcc/$(REAL_GNU_TARGET_NAME)/$(PKG_VERSION)/libgcc.a $(1)/usr/lib/$(PKG_NAME)/$(REAL_GNU_TARGET_NAME)/$(PKG_VERSION)/ ; true
 endef
 
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,gcc))
diff --git a/devel/gcc/README b/devel/gcc/README
index 6cbc80d2b..3dd94eb17 100644
--- a/devel/gcc/README
+++ b/devel/gcc/README
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 Native GCC that runs on target.
 
 To save disk space, this GCC only supports dynamic linking on the target box,
-there are no static libraries shipped.
+there are no static libraries shipped except libgcc.a on those architectures
+that need it.
 
 For now, this was only tested on a mips target. Others to be done...
 
-   Christian Beier <cb@shoutrlabs.com>
\ No newline at end of file
+   Christian Beier <cb@shoutrlabs.com>