1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/ld/Makefile b/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/ld/Makefile
index 9af66f78b311..0711510bfc69 100644
--- a/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/ld/Makefile
+++ b/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/ld/Makefile
@@ -20,6 +20,14 @@ DPADD+=		${RELTOP}/libiberty/libiberty.a
 CLEANDIRS+=	ldscripts
 CLEANFILES+=	ldemul-list.h
 
+# If set, BINUTILSDISTDIR is the path to a directory containing the full GNU
+# binutils release. FreeBSD only distributes the bits that are required to
+# build native architectures. BINUTILSDISTDIR is needed to build cross tools.
+.if	defined(BINUTILSDISTDIR) && exists(${BINUTILSDISTDIR})
+.PATH:		${BINUTILSDISTDIR}/ld
+CFLAGS+=	-I${BINUTILSDISTDIR}/ld
+.endif
+
 EMXFR=
 EMLST=
 .for _e in ${EMS}