diff -r 3e4197f32a07 -r 5025ef633f7b scripts/build/libc/newlib.sh
--- a/scripts/build/libc/newlib.sh	Sun Mar 20 01:13:05 2011 +0100
+++ b/scripts/build/libc/newlib.sh	Sun Nov 20 20:57:06 2011 +0100
@@ -79,6 +79,11 @@
         newlib_opts+=( "--disable-newlib-io-float" )
         newlib_opts+=( "--disable-newlib-io-long-double" )
     fi
+    if [ "${CT_LIBC_NEWLIB_DISABLE_SUPPLIED_SYSCALLS}" = "y" ]; then
+        newlib_opts+=( "--disable-newlib-supplied-syscalls" )
+    else
+        newlib_opts+=( "--enable-newlib-supplied-syscalls" )
+    fi
 
     # Note: newlib handles the build/host/target a little bit differently
     # than one would expect: