diff --git a/Config.in.legacy b/Config.in.legacy
index d4f3d04062..b3086300e6 100644
--- a/Config.in.legacy
+++ b/Config.in.legacy
@@ -146,6 +146,17 @@ endif
 
 comment "Legacy options removed in 2019.11"
 
+config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTRA_EXTERNAL_LIBS
+	string "toolchain-external extra libs option has been renamed"
+	help
+	  The option BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTRA_EXTERNAL_LIBS has
+	  been renamed to BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTRA_LIBS.
+
+config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTRA_EXTERNAL_LIBS_WRAP
+	bool
+	default y if BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTRA_EXTERNAL_LIBS != ""
+	select BR2_LEGACY
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_PYSNMP_APPS
 	bool "python-pysnmp-apps was removed"
 	select BR2_LEGACY
diff --git a/package/gcc/gcc-final/gcc-final.mk b/package/gcc/gcc-final/gcc-final.mk
index 30fb87856c..24d034b720 100644
--- a/package/gcc/gcc-final/gcc-final.mk
+++ b/package/gcc/gcc-final/gcc-final.mk
@@ -187,6 +187,8 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_GCC_ENABLE_OPENMP),y)
 HOST_GCC_FINAL_USR_LIBS += libgomp
 endif
 
+HOST_GCC_FINAL_USR_LIBS += $(call qstrip,$(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTRA_LIBS))
+
 ifneq ($(HOST_GCC_FINAL_USR_LIBS),)
 define HOST_GCC_FINAL_INSTALL_STATIC_LIBS
 	for i in $(HOST_GCC_FINAL_USR_LIBS) ; do \
diff --git a/toolchain/Config.in b/toolchain/Config.in
index c9aa95985f..7960131f0c 100644
--- a/toolchain/Config.in
+++ b/toolchain/Config.in
@@ -221,6 +221,20 @@ config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GLIBC_GCONV_LIBS_LIST
 
 	  Note: the full set of gconv libs are ~8MiB (on ARM).
 
+config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTRA_LIBS
+	string "Extra toolchain libraries to be copied to target"
+	default BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTRA_EXTERNAL_LIBS if BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTRA_EXTERNAL_LIBS != "" # legacy
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+	help
+	  If your toolchain provides extra libraries that need to be
+	  copied to the target filesystem, enter them here, separated
+	  by spaces. The library should not include a suffix or any
+	  type of pre/post wildcard.
+
+	  Examples where this can be useful is for adding debug
+	  libraries to the target like the GCC libsanitizer.
+	  e.g. "libasan liblsan libtsan libubsan"
+
 # This boolean is true if the toolchain provides a built-in full
 # featured gettext implementation (glibc), and false if only a stub
 # gettext implementation is provided (uclibc, musl)
diff --git a/toolchain/toolchain-external/pkg-toolchain-external.mk b/toolchain/toolchain-external/pkg-toolchain-external.mk
index 7dfd2bf1bd..50cfef23f5 100644
--- a/toolchain/toolchain-external/pkg-toolchain-external.mk
+++ b/toolchain/toolchain-external/pkg-toolchain-external.mk
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_DLANG),y)
 TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_LIBS += libgdruntime.so* libgphobos.so*
 endif
 
-TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_LIBS += $(call qstrip,$(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTRA_EXTERNAL_LIBS))
+TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_LIBS += $(addsuffix .so*,$(call qstrip,$(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTRA_LIBS)))
 
 
 #
diff --git a/toolchain/toolchain-external/toolchain-external-custom/Config.in.options b/toolchain/toolchain-external/toolchain-external-custom/Config.in.options
index a36747f490..fd95f8201b 100644
--- a/toolchain/toolchain-external/toolchain-external-custom/Config.in.options
+++ b/toolchain/toolchain-external/toolchain-external-custom/Config.in.options
@@ -438,12 +438,4 @@ config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_OPENMP
 	  support. If you don't know, leave the default value,
 	  Buildroot will tell you if it's correct or not.
 
-config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTRA_EXTERNAL_LIBS
-	string "Extra toolchain libraries to be copied to target"
-	help
-	  If your external toolchain provides extra libraries that
-	  need to be copied to the target filesystem, enter them
-	  here, separated by spaces. They will be copied to the
-	  target's /lib directory.
-
 endif