diff --git a/base/binutils/binutils.conf b/base/binutils/binutils.conf
index df502f38f..b6aada8fa 100644
--- a/base/binutils/binutils.conf
+++ b/base/binutils/binutils.conf
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ var_append confopt " " "--disable-werror"
 var_append confopt " " "--enable-install-libiberty"
 var_append confopt " " "--disable-nls"
 
+if [ "$SDECFG_MULTILIB" != 1 ]; then
+	var_append extraconfopt ' ' "--disable-multilib"
+else
+	var_append extraconfopt ' ' "--enable-multilib"
+fi
+
 if atstage toolchain; then
 	bindir="/$prefix/crosscc"; mkdir -p $root/$prefix/crosscc
 	var_append confopt " " "--with-sysroot=$sysroot"