diff --git a/package/base/gcc/gcc.conf b/package/base/gcc/gcc.conf
index b46df0d30..4442b02a4 100644
--- a/package/base/gcc/gcc.conf
+++ b/package/base/gcc/gcc.conf
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ case "$xpkg" in
 		;;
 esac
 
+patchfiles="`ls $confdir/gcc$pkg_gcc_version/*.patch \
+	$confdir/gcc$pkg_gcc_version/*.patch.$arch 2>/dev/null | tr '\n' ' '` $patchfiles"
+
 create_links() {
 	for x ; do
 		if [ -f "$root/$prefix/bin/$x-${pkg_gcc_version}" ] ; then