diff -r efb1058baa31 -r fdaa6c7f6dea config/cc/gcc.in.2
--- a/config/cc/gcc.in.2	Wed Jul 28 23:55:10 2010 +0200
+++ b/config/cc/gcc.in.2	Thu Jul 29 19:47:16 2010 +0200
@@ -7,6 +7,18 @@
       
       This will compile crossgcc's libs with -Os.
 
+config CC_STATIC_LIBSTDCXX
+    bool
+    prompt "Link libstdc++ statically into the gcc binary"
+    default y
+    depends on CC_GCC_4_4_or_later
+    help
+      Newer gcc versions use the PPL library which is C++ code.  Statically
+      linking libstdc++ increases the likeliness that the gcc binary will
+      run on machines other than the one which it was built on, without
+      having to worry about distributing the matching version of libstdc++
+      along with it.
+
 comment "Misc. obscure options."
 
 config CC_CXA_ATEXIT