diff --git a/patches/gcc4.8/gcc-ctype-inline-pgmread.patch b/patches/gcc4.8/gcc-ctype-inline-pgmread.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..318a216
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/gcc4.8/gcc-ctype-inline-pgmread.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/config/os/newlib/ctype_inline.h b/libstdc++-v3/config/os/newlib/ctype_inline.h
+index a4714f9bcce..479ceef7191 100644
+--- a/libstdc++-v3/config/os/newlib/ctype_inline.h
++++ b/libstdc++-v3/config/os/newlib/ctype_inline.h
+@@ -34,6 +34,26 @@
+ // ctype bits to be inlined go here. Non-inlinable (ie virtual do_*)
+ // functions go in ctype.cc
+ 
++#ifndef __ctype__pgm_read_with_offset
++
++#define __ctype__pgm_read_with_offset(addr, res) \
++  asm("extui    %0, %1, 0, 2\n"     /* Extract offset within word (in bytes) */ \
++      "sub      %1, %1, %0\n"       /* Subtract offset from addr, yielding an aligned address */ \
++      "l32i.n   %1, %1, 0x0\n"      /* Load word from aligned address */ \
++      "ssa8l    %0\n"               /* Prepare to shift by offset (in bits) */ \
++      "src      %0, %1, %1\n"       /* Shift right; now the requested byte is the first one */ \
++      :"=r"(res), "=r"(addr) \
++      :"1"(addr) \
++:);
++
++static inline uint8_t __ctype__pgm_read_byte_inlined(const void* addr) {
++  register uint32_t res;
++  __ctype__pgm_read_with_offset(addr, res);
++  return (uint8_t) res;     /* This masks the lower byte from the returned word */
++}
++
++#endif
++
+ namespace std _GLIBCXX_VISIBILITY(default)
+ {
+ _GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE_VERSION
+@@ -41,14 +61,14 @@ _GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE_VERSION
+   bool
+   ctype<char>::
+   is(mask __m, char __c) const
+-  { return _M_table[static_cast<unsigned char>(__c)] & __m; }
++  { return __ctype__pgm_read_byte_inlined(&_M_table[static_cast<unsigned char>(__c)]) & __m; }
+ 
+   const char*
+   ctype<char>::
+   is(const char* __low, const char* __high, mask* __vec) const
+   {
+     while (__low < __high)
+-      *__vec++ = _M_table[static_cast<unsigned char>(*__low++)];
++      *__vec++ = __ctype__pgm_read_byte_inlined(&_M_table[static_cast<unsigned char>(*__low++)]);
+     return __high;
+   }
+ 
diff --git a/patches/gcc4.8/gcc-enable-mforcel32-eh.patch b/patches/gcc4.8/gcc-enable-mforcel32-eh.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4800003
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/gcc4.8/gcc-enable-mforcel32-eh.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+diff --git a/libgcc/Makefile.in b/libgcc/Makefile.in
+index ea390a5bbea..9268851c44a 100644
+--- a/libgcc/Makefile.in
++++ b/libgcc/Makefile.in
+@@ -851,7 +851,7 @@ endif
+ # libgcc_eh.a, only LIB2ADDEH matters.  If we do, only LIB2ADDEHSTATIC and
+ # LIB2ADDEHSHARED matter.  (Usually all three are identical.)
+ 
+-c_flags := -fexceptions
++c_flags := -fexceptions -mforce-l32
+ 
+ ifeq ($(enable_shared),yes)
+ 
+@@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ endif
+ # Build LIBUNWIND. Use -fno-exceptions so that the unwind library does
+ # not generate calls to __gcc_personality_v0.
+ 
+-c_flags := -fno-exceptions
++c_flags := -fno-exceptions -mforce-l32
+ 
+ libunwind-objects += $(addsuffix $(objext),$(basename $(notdir $(LIBUNWIND))))
+ 
+diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/Makefile.in b/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/Makefile.in
+index 8bf86f35af6..b6adcc7ab49 100644
+--- a/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/Makefile.in
++++ b/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/Makefile.in
+@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ toolexeclibdir = $(glibcxx_toolexeclibdir)
+ # These bits are all figured out from configure.  Look in acinclude.m4
+ # or configure.ac to see how they are set.  See GLIBCXX_EXPORT_FLAGS.
+ CONFIG_CXXFLAGS = \
+-	$(SECTION_FLAGS) $(HWCAP_FLAGS) -frandom-seed=$@
++	$(SECTION_FLAGS) $(HWCAP_FLAGS) -frandom-seed=$@ -mforce-l32
+ 
+ WARN_CXXFLAGS = \
+ 	$(WARN_FLAGS) $(WERROR_FLAG) -fdiagnostics-show-location=once 
diff --git a/patches/gcc4.8/gcc-stdcsupp-safe.patch b/patches/gcc4.8/gcc-stdcsupp-safe.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d05a33e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/gcc4.8/gcc-stdcsupp-safe.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/tinfo.cc b/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/tinfo.cc
+index f10e270b6ae..3fcac0469a4 100644
+--- a/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/tinfo.cc
++++ b/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/tinfo.cc
+@@ -26,6 +26,22 @@
+ #include <cstddef>
+ #include "tinfo.h"
+ 
++    // Write own version so it's compiled with mforce-l32 and won't crash
++static int strcmp_safe(const char *p1, const char *p2) {
++      const unsigned char *s1 = (const unsigned char *) p1;
++      const unsigned char *s2 = (const unsigned char *) p2;
++      unsigned char c1, c2;
++      do
++        {
++          c1 = (unsigned char) *s1++;
++          c2 = (unsigned char) *s2++;
++          if (c1 == '\0')
++            return c1 - c2;
++        }
++      while (c1 == c2);
++       return c1 - c2;
++    }
++
+ std::type_info::
+ ~type_info ()
+ { }
+@@ -43,7 +59,7 @@ operator== (const std::type_info& arg) const _GLIBCXX_NOEXCEPT
+      take care to look at __name rather than name() when looking for
+      the "pointer" prefix.  */
+   return (&arg == this)
+-    || (__name[0] != '*' && (__builtin_strcmp (name (), arg.name ()) == 0));
++    || (__name[0] != '*' && (strcmp_safe (name (), arg.name ()) == 0));
+ #endif
+ }
+ 
+diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/tinfo2.cc b/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/tinfo2.cc
+index 533824ca032..545df820fb6 100644
+--- a/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/tinfo2.cc
++++ b/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/tinfo2.cc
+@@ -29,6 +29,21 @@
+ using std::type_info;
+ 
+ #if !__GXX_TYPEINFO_EQUALITY_INLINE
++    // Write own version so it's compiled with mforce-l32 and won't crash
++static int strcmp_safe(const char *p1, const char *p2) {
++      const unsigned char *s1 = (const unsigned char *) p1;
++      const unsigned char *s2 = (const unsigned char *) p2;
++      unsigned char c1, c2;
++      do
++        {
++          c1 = (unsigned char) *s1++;
++          c2 = (unsigned char) *s2++;
++          if (c1 == '\0')
++            return c1 - c2;
++        }
++      while (c1 == c2);
++       return c1 - c2;
++    }
+ 
+ bool
+ type_info::before (const type_info &arg) const _GLIBCXX_NOEXCEPT
+@@ -37,7 +52,7 @@ type_info::before (const type_info &arg) const _GLIBCXX_NOEXCEPT
+   return name () < arg.name ();
+ #else
+   return (name ()[0] == '*') ? name () < arg.name ()
+-    :  __builtin_strcmp (name (), arg.name ()) < 0;
++    :  strcmp_safe (name (), arg.name ()) < 0;
+ #endif
+ }
+ 
+diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/typeinfo b/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/typeinfo
+index 0ed47fcdfb6..345c95b3270 100644
+--- a/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/typeinfo
++++ b/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/typeinfo
+@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ namespace __cxxabiv1
+ // must be compared), and whether comparison is to be implemented inline or
+ // not.  We used to do inline pointer comparison by default if weak symbols
+ // are available, but even with weak symbols sometimes names are not merged
+-// when objects are loaded with RTLD_LOCAL, so now we always use strcmp by
++// when objects are loaded with RTLD_LOCAL, so now we always use p2 by
+ // default.  For ABI compatibility, we do the strcmp inline if weak symbols
+ // are available, and out-of-line if not.  Out-of-line pointer comparison
+ // is used where the object files are to be portable to multiple systems,
+@@ -115,13 +115,13 @@ namespace std
+     bool before(const type_info& __arg) const _GLIBCXX_NOEXCEPT
+     { return (__name[0] == '*' && __arg.__name[0] == '*')
+ 	? __name < __arg.__name
+-	: __builtin_strcmp (__name, __arg.__name) < 0; }
++	: strcmp_safe (__name, __arg.__name) < 0; }
+ 
+     bool operator==(const type_info& __arg) const _GLIBCXX_NOEXCEPT
+     {
+       return ((__name == __arg.__name)
+ 	      || (__name[0] != '*' &&
+-		  __builtin_strcmp (__name, __arg.__name) == 0));
++		  strcmp_safe (__name, __arg.__name) == 0));
+     }
+   #else
+     // On some targets we can rely on type_info's NTBS being unique,
+@@ -176,6 +176,23 @@ namespace std
+     /// Assigning type_info is not supported.
+     type_info& operator=(const type_info&);
+     type_info(const type_info&);
++
++    // Write own version so it's compiled with mforce-l32 and won't crash
++    static int strcmp_safe(const char *p1, const char *p2) {
++      const unsigned char *s1 = (const unsigned char *) p1;
++      const unsigned char *s2 = (const unsigned char *) p2;
++      unsigned char c1, c2;
++      do
++        {
++          c1 = (unsigned char) *s1++;
++          c2 = (unsigned char) *s2++;
++          if (c1 == '\0')
++            return c1 - c2;
++        }
++      while (c1 == c2);
++       return c1 - c2;
++    }
++
+   };
+ 
+   /**
diff --git a/patches/gcc4.8/gcc-unwind-safe.patch b/patches/gcc4.8/gcc-unwind-safe.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e2f0c8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/gcc4.8/gcc-unwind-safe.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+diff --git a/libgcc/unwind-dw2-fde.c b/libgcc/unwind-dw2-fde.c
+index 24b4ecee68c..56328c47e1e 100644
+--- a/libgcc/unwind-dw2-fde.c
++++ b/libgcc/unwind-dw2-fde.c
+@@ -285,6 +285,15 @@ base_from_object (unsigned char encoding, struct object *ob)
+     }
+ }
+ 
++
++// Write own version so it's compiled with mforce-l32 and won't crash
++static size_t strlen_safe(const char *s) {
++  size_t len = 0;
++  while(*s++) len++;
++  return len;
++}
++
++
+ /* Return the FDE pointer encoding from the CIE.  */
+ /* ??? This is a subset of extract_cie_info from unwind-dw2.c.  */
+ 
+@@ -297,7 +306,7 @@ get_cie_encoding (const struct dwarf_cie *cie)
+   _sleb128_t stmp;
+ 
+   aug = cie->augmentation;
+-  p = aug + strlen ((const char *)aug) + 1; /* Skip the augmentation string.  */
++  p = aug + strlen_safe ((const char *)aug) + 1; /* Skip the augmentation string.  */
+   if (__builtin_expect (cie->version >= 4, 0))
+     {
+       if (p[0] != sizeof (void *) || p[1] != 0)
+diff --git a/libgcc/unwind-dw2.c b/libgcc/unwind-dw2.c
+index e6130af2fb5..f2bd0ba454e 100644
+--- a/libgcc/unwind-dw2.c
++++ b/libgcc/unwind-dw2.c
+@@ -410,6 +410,13 @@ _Unwind_GetTextRelBase (struct _Unwind_Context *context)
+ 
+ #include "md-unwind-support.h"
+ 
++// Write own version so it's compiled with mforce-l32 and won't crash
++static size_t strlen_safe(const char *s) {
++  size_t len = 0;
++  while(*s++) len++;
++  return len;
++}
++
+ /* Extract any interesting information from the CIE for the translation
+    unit F belongs to.  Return a pointer to the byte after the augmentation,
+    or NULL if we encountered an undecipherable augmentation.  */
+@@ -419,7 +426,7 @@ extract_cie_info (const struct dwarf_cie *cie, struct _Unwind_Context *context,
+ 		  _Unwind_FrameState *fs)
+ {
+   const unsigned char *aug = cie->augmentation;
+-  const unsigned char *p = aug + strlen ((const char *)aug) + 1;
++  const unsigned char *p = aug + strlen_safe ((const char *)aug) + 1;
+   const unsigned char *ret = NULL;
+   _uleb128_t utmp;
+   _sleb128_t stmp;