diff --git a/gnu-system.am b/gnu-system.am
index f9b58ddaa78a8721faddc29885b75f1153dd6b00..e09ea333f1c263640a88c015c32770cc68f22656 100644
--- a/gnu-system.am
+++ b/gnu-system.am
@@ -412,6 +412,7 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   gnu/packages/patches/flashrom-use-libftdi1.patch		\
   gnu/packages/patches/flex-bison-tests.patch			\
   gnu/packages/patches/gawk-shell.patch				\
+  gnu/packages/patches/gcc-arm-link-spec-fix.patch		\
   gnu/packages/patches/gcc-cross-environment-variables.patch	\
   gnu/packages/patches/geoclue-config.patch			\
   gnu/packages/patches/ghostscript-runpath.patch		\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/cross-base.scm b/gnu/packages/cross-base.scm
index 0f15a0aaec8ca3f0f2571527f85ae9649ff13f33..01cfdf73e80d9438ad5366fab748ec0bcfed741e 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/cross-base.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/cross-base.scm
@@ -202,8 +202,10 @@ (define* (cross-gcc target
                          target))
     (source (origin (inherit (package-source gcc-4.8))
               (patches
-               (cons (search-patch "gcc-cross-environment-variables.patch")
-                     (cross-gcc-patches target)))))
+               (append
+                (origin-patches (package-source gcc-4.8))
+                (cons (search-patch "gcc-cross-environment-variables.patch")
+                      (cross-gcc-patches target))))))
 
     ;; For simplicity, use a single output.  Otherwise libgcc_s & co. are not
     ;; found by default, etc.
diff --git a/gnu/packages/gcc.scm b/gnu/packages/gcc.scm
index 4c06f84155143e83ba9f3b4c1ede6255557dd362..2a3749fb5c18dab8434739ba76b4ec2fdbc80442 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gcc.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gcc.scm
@@ -309,7 +309,8 @@ (define-public gcc-4.8
                                  version "/gcc-" version ".tar.bz2"))
              (sha256
               (base32
-               "15c6gwm6dzsaagamxkak5smdkf1rdfbqqjs9jdbrp3lbg4ism02a"))))))
+               "15c6gwm6dzsaagamxkak5smdkf1rdfbqqjs9jdbrp3lbg4ism02a"))
+             (patches (list (search-patch "gcc-arm-link-spec-fix.patch")))))))
 
 (define-public gcc-4.9
   (package (inherit gcc-4.7)
@@ -320,7 +321,8 @@ (define-public gcc-4.9
                                  version "/gcc-" version ".tar.bz2"))
              (sha256
               (base32
-               "1pbjp4blk2ycaa6r3jmw4ky5f1s9ji3klbqgv8zs2sl5jn1cj810"))))))
+               "1pbjp4blk2ycaa6r3jmw4ky5f1s9ji3klbqgv8zs2sl5jn1cj810"))
+             (patches (list (search-patch "gcc-arm-link-spec-fix.patch")))))))
 
 (define* (custom-gcc gcc name languages #:key (separate-lib-output? #t))
   "Return a custom version of GCC that supports LANGUAGES."
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/gcc-arm-link-spec-fix.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/gcc-arm-link-spec-fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0ffe8a181095120a59ce0eab16380a8fe1554c0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/gcc-arm-link-spec-fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+Do not pass -dynamic-linker to linker when !shared.
+Fixes <http://bugs.gnu.org/20102>.
+
+Patch by Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>.
+
+--- gcc-4.8.4/gcc/config/arm/linux-elf.h.orig	2015-04-08 20:31:20.376900478 +0200
++++ gcc-4.8.4/gcc/config/arm/linux-elf.h	2015-04-08 20:31:36.437014437 +0200
+@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
+    %{symbolic:-Bsymbolic} \
+    %{!static: \
+      %{rdynamic:-export-dynamic} \
+-     -dynamic-linker " GNU_USER_DYNAMIC_LINKER "} \
++     %{!shared:-dynamic-linker " GNU_USER_DYNAMIC_LINKER "}} \
+    -X \
+    %{mbig-endian:-EB} %{mlittle-endian:-EL}" \
+    SUBTARGET_EXTRA_LINK_SPEC