diff --git a/toolchain/gcc/patches/4.8.0/920-specs_nonfatal_getenv.patch b/toolchain/gcc/patches/4.8.0/920-specs_nonfatal_getenv.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4baa96693064496206601dda1cd05f63e9da816e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolchain/gcc/patches/4.8.0/920-specs_nonfatal_getenv.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+--- a/gcc/gcc.c
++++ b/gcc/gcc.c
+@@ -8003,7 +8003,10 @@ getenv_spec_function (int argc, const ch
+ 
+   value = getenv (argv[0]);
+   if (!value)
+-    fatal_error ("environment variable %qs not defined", argv[0]);
++    {
++      warning (0, "environment variable %qs not defined", argv[0]);
++      value = "";
++    }
+ 
+   /* We have to escape every character of the environment variable so
+      they are not interpreted as active spec characters.  A