diff --git a/toolchain/toolchain-common.in b/toolchain/toolchain-common.in
index 96d5709763..38baaa92db 100644
--- a/toolchain/toolchain-common.in
+++ b/toolchain/toolchain-common.in
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ source "package/gdb/Config.in.host"
 
 comment "Toolchain Generic Options"
 
+# https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19615
+# Affect toolchains built with binutils 2.26 (fixed in binutils 2.26.1).
+config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_BINUTILS_BUG_19615
+	bool
+
 # https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=64735
 # exception_ptr, nested_exception, and future from libstdc++ are not
 # available for architectures not supporting always lock-free atomic
diff --git a/toolchain/toolchain-external/toolchain-external-codesourcery-amd64/Config.in b/toolchain/toolchain-external/toolchain-external-codesourcery-amd64/Config.in
index 32d79eba1c..101e227af9 100644
--- a/toolchain/toolchain-external/toolchain-external-codesourcery-amd64/Config.in
+++ b/toolchain/toolchain-external/toolchain-external-codesourcery-amd64/Config.in
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_CODESOURCERY_AMD64
 	select BR2_HOSTARCH_NEEDS_IA32_LIBS
 	select BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_4_7
 	select BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_6
+	select BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_BINUTILS_BUG_19615 # based-on binutils-2.26
 	help
 	  Sourcery CodeBench toolchain for the amd64 (x86_64)
 	  architectures, from Mentor Graphics. It uses gcc 6.2,