diff --git a/contrib/crossrpms/gcc/gccnewlib.add b/contrib/crossrpms/gcc/gccnewlib.add
index 8b318b1490..67c9770cdf 100644
--- a/contrib/crossrpms/gcc/gccnewlib.add
+++ b/contrib/crossrpms/gcc/gccnewlib.add
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Summary:      	@tool_target@ gcc
 
 Group:	      	%{rpmgroup}
 Version:        %gcc_rpmvers
-Release:      	@GCC_RPMREL@
+Release:      	@GCC_RPMREL@%{?dist}
 License:      	GPL
 URL:		http://gcc.gnu.org
 BuildRoot:	%{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ BuildRoot:	%{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 %define _fortran	0
 %endif
 
+%if "@tool_target@" == "i686-pc-mingw32"
+%define _cxx		0
+%endif
 
 # Allow the user to build arbitrary languages
 %{?_with_cxx:%define _cxx 1}