diff --git a/util/crossgcc/patches/binutils-2.23_armv7a.patch b/util/crossgcc/patches/binutils-2.23_armv7a.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..63bcc9c6e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/crossgcc/patches/binutils-2.23_armv7a.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -u binutils-2.23/config.sub binutils-2.23/config.sub
+--- binutils-2.23/config.sub	2012-04-25 08:53:25.000000000 -0700
++++ binutils-2.23/config.sub	2012-12-04 14:58:16.050136773 -0800
+@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
+ 	| alpha | alphaev[4-8] | alphaev56 | alphaev6[78] | alphapca5[67] \
+ 	| alpha64 | alpha64ev[4-8] | alpha64ev56 | alpha64ev6[78] | alpha64pca5[67] \
+ 	| am33_2.0 \
+-	| arc | arm | arm[bl]e | arme[lb] | armv[2345] | armv[345][lb] | avr | avr32 \
++	| arc | arm | arm[bl]e | arme[lb] | armv* | armv[345][lb] | avr | avr32 \
+         | be32 | be64 \
+ 	| bfin \
+ 	| c4x | clipper \
diff --git a/util/crossgcc/patches/gcc-4.7.2_armv7a.patch b/util/crossgcc/patches/gcc-4.7.2_armv7a.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..82e6609fde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/crossgcc/patches/gcc-4.7.2_armv7a.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -ur gcc-4.7.2/config.sub gcc-4.7.2/config.sub
+--- gcc-4.7.2/config.sub	2012-08-06 07:34:27.000000000 -0700
++++ gcc-4.7.2/config.sub	2012-12-04 15:03:30.813137430 -0800
+@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@
+ 	| alpha | alphaev[4-8] | alphaev56 | alphaev6[78] | alphapca5[67] \
+ 	| alpha64 | alpha64ev[4-8] | alpha64ev56 | alpha64ev6[78] | alpha64pca5[67] \
+ 	| am33_2.0 \
+-	| arc | arm | arm[bl]e | arme[lb] | armv[2345] | armv[345][lb] | avr | avr32 \
++	| arc | arm | arm[bl]e | arme[lb] | armv* | armv[345][lb] | avr | avr32 \
+         | be32 | be64 \
+ 	| bfin \
+ 	| c4x | clipper \