diff --git a/scripts/ChangeLog b/scripts/ChangeLog
index bd7ff74eec..429043c8d8 100644
--- a/scripts/ChangeLog
+++ b/scripts/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-09-15	Ralf Corsepius <ralf.corsepius@rtems.org>
+
+	* gccnewlib/gccnewlib.add: Pass CC="%__cc $RPM_OPT_FLAGS" to
+	configure.
+
 2005-09-15	Ralf Corsepius <ralf.corsepius@rtems.org>
 
 	* gccnewlib/gccnewlib.add, gdb/gdb.add: Append %_bindir to PATH
diff --git a/scripts/gccnewlib/gccnewlib.add b/scripts/gccnewlib/gccnewlib.add
index a776cc54a9..4f9b05e401 100644
--- a/scripts/gccnewlib/gccnewlib.add
+++ b/scripts/gccnewlib/gccnewlib.add
@@ -204,6 +204,8 @@ chmod +x brp-rtems-compress
 %if "%{_prefix}" != "/usr"
   export PATH="%{_bindir}:${PATH}"
 %endif
+
+  CC="%{__cc} ${RPM_OPT_FLAGS}" \
   ../gcc-%{gcc_version}/configure \
     --prefix=%{_prefix} \
     --bindir=%{_bindir} \