diff --git a/toolchain/toolchain-wrapper.c b/toolchain/toolchain-wrapper.c
index 2928ea42d0..c5eb813dd0 100644
--- a/toolchain/toolchain-wrapper.c
+++ b/toolchain/toolchain-wrapper.c
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ static char *predef_args[] = {
 #ifdef BR_NO_FUSED_MADD
 	"-mno-fused-madd",
 #endif
+#ifdef BR_FP_CONTRACT_OFF
+	"-ffp-contract=off",
+#endif
 #ifdef BR_BINFMT_FLAT
 	"-Wl,-elf2flt",
 #endif
diff --git a/toolchain/toolchain-wrapper.mk b/toolchain/toolchain-wrapper.mk
index 0b26037d48..b8074efc3c 100644
--- a/toolchain/toolchain-wrapper.mk
+++ b/toolchain/toolchain-wrapper.mk
@@ -32,8 +32,14 @@ endif
 
 # Avoid FPU bug on XBurst CPUs
 ifeq ($(BR2_mips_xburst),y)
+# Before gcc 4.6, -mno-fused-madd was needed, after -ffp-contract is
+# needed
+ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_6),y)
+TOOLCHAIN_WRAPPER_ARGS += -DBR_FP_CONTRACT_OFF
+else
 TOOLCHAIN_WRAPPER_ARGS += -DBR_NO_FUSED_MADD
 endif
+endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_CCACHE_USE_BASEDIR),y)
 TOOLCHAIN_WRAPPER_ARGS += -DBR_CCACHE_BASEDIR='"$(BASE_DIR)"'