diff --git a/config/arch.i386 b/config/arch.i386
index 9b49f81788..6b12d91dab 100644
--- a/config/arch.i386
+++ b/config/arch.i386
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@
   TARGET_SUBARCH=i686
 
 # setup ARCH specific *FLAGS
-  TARGET_CFLAGS="-march=$TARGET_CPU -m32"
+  TARGET_CFLAGS="-march=$TARGET_CPU -m32 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64"
   TARGET_LDFLAGS="-march=$TARGET_CPU -m32"
diff --git a/config/arch.x86_64 b/config/arch.x86_64
index e0d6b2ae0f..79117937ab 100644
--- a/config/arch.x86_64
+++ b/config/arch.x86_64
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@
   TARGET_SUBARCH=x86_64
 
 # setup ARCH specific *FLAGS
-  TARGET_CFLAGS="-fPIC -march=$TARGET_CPU -m64"
+  TARGET_CFLAGS="-fPIC -march=$TARGET_CPU -m64 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64"
   TARGET_LDFLAGS="-fPIC -march=$TARGET_CPU -m64"
diff --git a/packages/debug/strace/build b/packages/debug/strace/build
index 84924993d2..23d0381687 100755
--- a/packages/debug/strace/build
+++ b/packages/debug/strace/build
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@
 
 . config/options $1
 
+# Filter out some problematic *FLAGS
+  CFLAGS=`echo $CFLAGS | sed -e "s|-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64||g"`
+  LDFLAGS=`echo $LDFLAGS | sed -e "s|-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64||g"`
+
+
 cd $PKG_BUILD
 ./configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
             --build=$HOST_NAME
diff --git a/packages/toolchain/devel/eglibc/build b/packages/toolchain/devel/eglibc/build
index 16736697bf..4a0c4679e2 100755
--- a/packages/toolchain/devel/eglibc/build
+++ b/packages/toolchain/devel/eglibc/build
@@ -29,10 +29,12 @@ strip_gold # Fails to compile using the gold linker.
   CFLAGS=`echo $CFLAGS | sed -e "s|-ffast-math||g"`
   CFLAGS=`echo $CFLAGS | sed -e "s|-Ofast|-O2|g"`
   CFLAGS=`echo $CFLAGS | sed -e "s|-O.|-O2|g"`
+  CFLAGS=`echo $CFLAGS | sed -e "s|-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64||g"`
 
   LDFLAGS=`echo $LDFLAGS | sed -e "s|-ffast-math||g"`
   LDFLAGS=`echo $LDFLAGS | sed -e "s|-Ofast|-O2|g"`
   LDFLAGS=`echo $LDFLAGS | sed -e "s|-O.|-O2|g"`
+  LDFLAGS=`echo $LDFLAGS | sed -e "s|-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64||g"`
 
 # set some CFLAGS we need
   CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -g -fno-stack-protector"