diff --git a/toolchain/gcc/Makefile b/toolchain/gcc/Makefile
index 77243c5fa4..9d865e94d3 100644
--- a/toolchain/gcc/Makefile
+++ b/toolchain/gcc/Makefile
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ GCC_CONFIGURE:= \
 		--disable-libmudflap \
 		--disable-multilib \
 		--disable-nls \
+		$(if $(CONFIG_GCC_VERSION_4_4),--with-host-libstdcxx=-lstdc++) \
 		$(SOFT_FLOAT_CONFIG_OPTION) \
 		$(call qstrip,$(CONFIG_EXTRA_GCC_CONFIG_OPTIONS)) \
 		$(if $(CONFIG_mips64)$(CONFIG_mips64el),--with-arch=mips64 --with-abi=64) \