diff --git a/include/toolchain-build.mk b/include/toolchain-build.mk
index 08054ac9c65fba7b43ef1e39178b9dcd84db4f5a..6defe63edf06e79d2b483682cd9ed0fe478fbaab 100644
--- a/include/toolchain-build.mk
+++ b/include/toolchain-build.mk
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 override CONFIG_AUTOREBUILD=
 
+REAL_STAGING_DIR_HOST:=$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)
 STAGING_DIR_HOST:=$(TOOLCHAIN_DIR)
 BUILD_DIR_HOST:=$(BUILD_DIR_TOOLCHAIN)
 
diff --git a/toolchain/binutils/Makefile b/toolchain/binutils/Makefile
index d24151db2a70a2430800034f05407802db8a7e3e..91d982c002318fb47f143410f48a2c697703bb69 100644
--- a/toolchain/binutils/Makefile
+++ b/toolchain/binutils/Makefile
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ BINUTILS_CONFIGURE:= \
 		--disable-multilib \
 		--disable-werror \
 		--disable-nls \
+		$(if $(CONFIG_GCC_VERSION_4_4), \
+		  --with-ppl=$(REAL_STAGING_DIR_HOST) \
+		  --with-cloog=$(REAL_STAGING_DIR_HOST) \
+		) \
 		$(SOFT_FLOAT_CONFIG_OPTION) \
 		$(call qstrip,$(CONFIG_EXTRA_BINUTILS_CONFIG_OPTIONS)) \