diff --git a/package/base/glibc/glibc.conf b/package/base/glibc/glibc.conf
index 5c687716b..fba3c2df9 100644
--- a/package/base/glibc/glibc.conf
+++ b/package/base/glibc/glibc.conf
@@ -355,4 +355,4 @@ if [ $stagelevel -eq 1 -a -f $confdir/glibc$pkg_glibc_version/no_path_in_glibcso
 then
 	var_append patchfiles " " $confdir/glibc$pkg_glibc_version/no_path_in_glibcso.diff
 fi
-
+[ $stagelevel -ne 1 ] && var_remove patchfiles "$confdir/glibc$pkg_glibc_version/gcc_eh.patch.cross"
diff --git a/package/base/glibc/glibc23/gcc_eh.patch.cross b/package/base/glibc/glibc23/gcc_eh.patch.cross
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..52f57c1ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/base/glibc/glibc23/gcc_eh.patch.cross
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- ./Makeconfig	2003-09-17 10:36:10.000000000 +0200
++++ ./Makeconfig.patch	2004-09-06 17:52:29.000000000 +0200
+@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@
+ link-extra-libs-bounded = $(foreach lib,$(LDLIBS-$(@F:%-bp=%)),$(common-objpfx)$(lib)_b.a)
+ 
+ ifndef gnulib
+-gnulib := -lgcc -lgcc_eh
++gnulib := -lgcc
+ endif
+ ifeq ($(elf),yes)
+ +preinit = $(addprefix $(csu-objpfx),crti.o)