diff --git a/package/gcc/Config.in.host b/package/gcc/Config.in.host
index 0836f9f640..a529d14c2c 100644
--- a/package/gcc/Config.in.host
+++ b/package/gcc/Config.in.host
@@ -88,7 +88,9 @@ config BR2_EXTRA_GCC_CONFIG_OPTIONS
 	string "Additional gcc options"
 	default ""
 	help
-	  Any additional gcc configure options you may want to include....
+	  Any additional gcc configure options you may want to
+	  include. Those options are applied for all of the gcc
+	  initial, gcc intermediate and gcc final passes.
 
 config BR2_INSTALL_OBJC
 	bool "Build/install Objective-C compiler and runtime?"
diff --git a/package/gcc/gcc-initial/gcc-initial.mk b/package/gcc/gcc-initial/gcc-initial.mk
index 05c956abcb..e468419452 100644
--- a/package/gcc/gcc-initial/gcc-initial.mk
+++ b/package/gcc/gcc-initial/gcc-initial.mk
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ HOST_GCC_INITIAL_CONF_OPT = \
 	--without-headers \
 	--with-newlib \
 	--disable-largefile \
-	--disable-nls
+	--disable-nls \
+	$(call qstrip,$(BR2_EXTRA_GCC_CONFIG_OPTIONS))
 
 HOST_GCC_INITIAL_MAKE_OPT = all-gcc
 HOST_GCC_INITIAL_INSTALL_OPT = install-gcc
diff --git a/package/gcc/gcc-intermediate/gcc-intermediate.mk b/package/gcc/gcc-intermediate/gcc-intermediate.mk
index 5460000976..a6660256d7 100644
--- a/package/gcc/gcc-intermediate/gcc-intermediate.mk
+++ b/package/gcc/gcc-intermediate/gcc-intermediate.mk
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ HOST_GCC_INTERMEDIATE_CONF_OPT = \
 	$(HOST_GCC_COMMON_CONF_OPT) \
 	--enable-languages=c \
 	--disable-largefile \
-	--disable-nls
+	--disable-nls \
+	$(call qstrip,$(BR2_EXTRA_GCC_CONFIG_OPTIONS))
 
 HOST_GCC_INTERMEDIATE_MAKE_OPT = all-gcc
 ifeq ($(BR2_GCC_SUPPORTS_FINEGRAINEDMTUNE),y)