diff --git a/toolchain/gcc/4.3.3/powerpc-link-with-math-lib.patch.conditional b/toolchain/gcc/4.3.3/powerpc-link-with-math-lib.patch.conditional
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9d01ebaf33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolchain/gcc/4.3.3/powerpc-link-with-math-lib.patch.conditional
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+See: http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2008-10/msg00237.html
+Patch by: Bernhard Reutner-Fischer
+
+--- gcc-4.3.3/gcc/config/t-slibgcc-elf-ver	2005-02-20 00:44:10.000000000 +1300
++++ gcc-4.3.3-p/gcc/config/t-slibgcc-elf-ver	2009-05-06 07:05:50.000000000 +1200
+@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
+ SHLIB_OBJS = @shlib_objs@
+ SHLIB_DIR = @multilib_dir@
+ SHLIB_SLIBDIR_QUAL = @shlib_slibdir_qual@
+-SHLIB_LC = -lc
++SHLIB_LC = @libgcc_libm@ -lc
+ 
+ SHLIB_LINK = $(GCC_FOR_TARGET) $(LIBGCC2_CFLAGS) -shared -nodefaultlibs \
+ 	-Wl,--soname=$(SHLIB_SONAME) \
+--- gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/configure	2008-11-21 06:09:53.000000000 +1300
++++ gcc-4.3.3-p/libgcc/configure	2009-05-06 07:05:50.000000000 +1200
+@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@
+ PACKAGE_BUGREPORT=''
+ 
+ ac_unique_file="static-object.mk"
+-ac_subst_vars='SHELL PATH_SEPARATOR PACKAGE_NAME PACKAGE_TARNAME PACKAGE_VERSION PACKAGE_STRING PACKAGE_BUGREPORT exec_prefix prefix program_transform_name bindir sbindir libexecdir datadir sysconfdir sharedstatedir localstatedir libdir includedir oldincludedir infodir mandir build_alias host_alias target_alias DEFS ECHO_C ECHO_N ECHO_T LIBS libgcc_topdir enable_shared slibdir INSTALL_PROGRAM INSTALL_SCRIPT INSTALL_DATA AWK build build_cpu build_vendor build_os host host_cpu host_vendor host_os host_noncanonical build_libsubdir build_subdir host_subdir target_subdir AR ac_ct_AR LIPO ac_ct_LIPO NM ac_ct_NM RANLIB ac_ct_RANLIB STRIP ac_ct_STRIP LN_S CC CFLAGS LDFLAGS CPPFLAGS ac_ct_CC EXEEXT OBJEXT CPP decimal_float enable_decimal_float fixed_point vis_hide set_have_cc_tls tmake_file extra_parts asm_hidden_op LIBOBJS LTLIBOBJS'
++ac_subst_vars='SHELL PATH_SEPARATOR PACKAGE_NAME PACKAGE_TARNAME PACKAGE_VERSION PACKAGE_STRING PACKAGE_BUGREPORT exec_prefix prefix program_transform_name bindir sbindir libexecdir datadir sysconfdir sharedstatedir localstatedir libdir includedir oldincludedir infodir mandir build_alias host_alias target_alias DEFS ECHO_C ECHO_N ECHO_T LIBS libgcc_topdir enable_shared slibdir INSTALL_PROGRAM INSTALL_SCRIPT INSTALL_DATA AWK build build_cpu build_vendor build_os host host_cpu host_vendor host_os host_noncanonical build_libsubdir build_subdir host_subdir target_subdir AR ac_ct_AR LIPO ac_ct_LIPO NM ac_ct_NM RANLIB ac_ct_RANLIB STRIP ac_ct_STRIP LN_S CC CFLAGS LDFLAGS CPPFLAGS ac_ct_CC EXEEXT OBJEXT CPP decimal_float enable_decimal_float fixed_point vis_hide set_have_cc_tls LIBGCC_LIBM tmake_file extra_parts asm_hidden_op LIBOBJS LTLIBOBJS'
+ ac_subst_files=''
+ 
+ # Initialize some variables set by options.
+@@ -3505,6 +3505,39 @@
+ fi
+ 
+ 
++# On powerpc libgcc_s references copysignl which is a libm function but
++# glibc apparently also provides it via libc as opposed to uClibc where
++# it lives in libm.
++echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for library containing copysignl" >&5
++echo $ECHO_N "checking for library containing copysignl... $ECHO_C" >&6
++if test "${libgcc_cv_copysignl_lib+set}" = set; then
++  echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
++else
++
++    echo '#include <features.h>' > conftest.c
++    echo 'int the_libc = __UCLIBC__ + __powerpc__;' >> conftest.c
++    libgcc_cv_copysignl_lib="-lc"
++    if { ac_try='${CC-cc} -S conftest.c -o conftest.s 1>&5'
++  { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
++  (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
++  ac_status=$?
++  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
++  (exit $ac_status); }; }
++    then
++	libgcc_cv_copysignl_lib="-lm"
++    fi
++    rm -f conftest.*
++
++fi
++echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $libgcc_cv_copysignl_lib" >&5
++echo "${ECHO_T}$libgcc_cv_copysignl_lib" >&6
++
++case /${libgcc_cv_copysignl_lib}/ in
++  /-lm/) LIBGCC_LIBM="$LIBGCC_LIBM -lm" ;;
++  *) LIBGCC_LIBM= ;;
++esac
++
++
+ # Conditionalize the makefile for this target machine.
+ tmake_file_=
+ for f in ${tmake_file}
+@@ -4225,6 +4258,7 @@
+ s,@fixed_point@,$fixed_point,;t t
+ s,@vis_hide@,$vis_hide,;t t
+ s,@set_have_cc_tls@,$set_have_cc_tls,;t t
++s,@LIBGCC_LIBM@,$LIBGCC_LIBM,;t t
+ s,@tmake_file@,$tmake_file,;t t
+ s,@extra_parts@,$extra_parts,;t t
+ s,@asm_hidden_op@,$asm_hidden_op,;t t
+--- gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/configure.ac	2008-11-21 06:09:53.000000000 +1300
++++ gcc-4.3.3-p/libgcc/configure.ac	2009-05-06 07:05:50.000000000 +1200
+@@ -207,6 +207,27 @@
+ fi
+ AC_SUBST(set_have_cc_tls)
+ 
++# On powerpc libgcc_s references copysignl which is a libm function but
++# glibc apparently also provides it via libc as opposed to uClibc where
++# it lives in libm.
++AC_CACHE_CHECK([for library containing copysignl],
++  libgcc_cv_copysignl_lib, [
++    echo '#include <features.h>' > conftest.c
++    echo 'int the_libc = __UCLIBC__ + __powerpc__;' >> conftest.c
++    libgcc_cv_copysignl_lib="-lc"
++    if AC_TRY_COMMAND(${CC-cc} -S conftest.c -o conftest.s 1>&AS_MESSAGE_LOG_FD)
++    then
++	libgcc_cv_copysignl_lib="-lm"
++    fi
++    rm -f conftest.*
++  ])
++
++case /${libgcc_cv_copysignl_lib}/ in
++  /-lm/) LIBGCC_LIBM="$LIBGCC_LIBM -lm" ;;
++  *) LIBGCC_LIBM= ;;
++esac
++AC_SUBST(LIBGCC_LIBM)
++
+ # Conditionalize the makefile for this target machine.
+ tmake_file_=
+ for f in ${tmake_file}
+--- gcc-4.3.3/libgcc/Makefile.in	2008-06-17 21:32:34.000000000 +1200
++++ gcc-4.3.3-p/libgcc/Makefile.in	2009-05-06 07:05:50.000000000 +1200
+@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
+ decimal_float = @decimal_float@
+ enable_decimal_float = @enable_decimal_float@
+ fixed_point = @fixed_point@
++LIBGCC_LIBM = @LIBGCC_LIBM@
+ 
+ host_noncanonical = @host_noncanonical@
+ 
+@@ -738,9 +739,10 @@
+ 		@multilib_dir@,$(MULTIDIR),$(subst \
+ 		@shlib_objs@,$(objects),$(subst \
+ 		@shlib_base_name@,libgcc_s,$(subst \
++		@libgcc_libm@,$(LIBGCC_LIBM),$(subst \
+ 		@shlib_map_file@,$(mapfile),$(subst \
+ 		@shlib_slibdir_qual@,$(MULTIOSSUBDIR),$(subst \
+-		@shlib_slibdir@,$(shlib_slibdir),$(SHLIB_LINK))))))))
++		@shlib_slibdir@,$(shlib_slibdir),$(SHLIB_LINK)))))))))
+ 
+ libunwind$(SHLIB_EXT): $(libunwind-s-objects) $(extra-parts)
+ 	# @multilib_flags@ is still needed because this may use
diff --git a/toolchain/gcc/gcc-uclibc-4.x.mk b/toolchain/gcc/gcc-uclibc-4.x.mk
index 8ecd97ad00..f7dd40af49 100644
--- a/toolchain/gcc/gcc-uclibc-4.x.mk
+++ b/toolchain/gcc/gcc-uclibc-4.x.mk
@@ -178,6 +178,11 @@ endif
 ifeq ("$(strip $(ARCH))","armeb")
 	toolchain/patch-kernel.sh $(GCC_DIR) toolchain/gcc/$(GCC_VERSION) arm-softfloat.patch.conditional
 endif
+endif
+ifeq ($(ARCH)-$(BR2_GCC_SHARED_LIBGCC),powerpc-y)
+ifneq ($(BR2_SOFT_FLOAT)$(BR2_ENABLE_MULTILIB),)
+	toolchain/patch-kernel.sh $(GCC_DIR) toolchain/gcc/$(GCC_VERSION) powerpc-link-with-math-lib.patch.conditional
+endif
 endif
 	touch $@