diff --git a/openpower/package/alternate-gcc/Config.in b/openpower/package/alternate-gcc/Config.in
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+config BR2_PACKAGE_ALTERNATE_GCC
+		bool "alternate-gcc"
+		select BR2_PACKAGE_ALTERNATE_BINUTILS
+		help
+		  Build gcc for an Alternate Toolchain, for use in
+		  certain packages.
+
+
+if BR2_PACKAGE_ALTERNATE_GCC
+
+config BR2_ALTERNATE_GCC_VERSION
+		string "Alternate gcc version"
+		default "8.4.0"
+
+config BR2_ALTERNATE_GCC_EXTRA_CONFIG_OPTIONS
+		string "Extra configure options for Alternate Toolchain GCC"
+		default BR2_EXTRA_GCC_CONFIG_OPTIONS
+		help
+		  Any extra options to the Alternate Toolchain's gcc configure script
+		  The default is taken from EXTRA_GCC_CONFIG_OPTIONS
+
+endif
diff --git a/openpower/package/alternate-gcc/alternate-gcc.mk b/openpower/package/alternate-gcc/alternate-gcc.mk
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+################################################################################
+#
+# alternate-gcc
+#
+################################################################################
+
+#
+# Based on buildroot/package/gcc/*.mk, but trying to simplify since we're not
+# (yet) going for a general scenario here
+#
+
+ALTERNATE_GCC_VERSION = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_ALTERNATE_GCC_VERSION))
+ALTERNATE_GCC_SITE = $(BR2_GNU_MIRROR:/=)/gcc/gcc-$(ALTERNATE_GCC_VERSION)
+ALTERNATE_GCC_SOURCE = gcc-$(ALTERNATE_GCC_VERSION).tar.xz
+
+HOST_ALTERNATE_GCC_SUBDIR = build
+
+HOST_ALTERNATE_GCC_DEPENDENCIES = \
+	host-alternate-binutils \
+	host-gmp \
+	host-mpc \
+	host-mpfr \
+	$(BR_LIBC)
+
+HOST_ALTERNATE_GCC_EXCLUDES = \
+	libjava/* libgo/*
+
+define HOST_ALTERNATE_GCC_CONFIGURE_SYMLINK
+	mkdir -p $(@D)/build
+	ln -sf ../configure $(@D)/build/configure
+endef
+
+HOST_ALTERNATE_GCC_CONF_OPTS += \
+	$(call qstrip,$(BR2_ALTERNATE_GCC_EXTRA_CONFIG_OPTIONS))
+
+define  HOST_ALTERNATE_GCC_CONFIGURE_CMDS
+	(cd $(HOST_ALTERNATE_GCC_SRCDIR) && rm -rf config.cache; \
+		CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)" \
+		CXXFLAGS_FOR_TARGET="$(TARGET_CXXFLAGS)" \
+		CFLAGS="$(HOST_CFLAGS)" \
+		LDFLAGS="$(HOST_LDFLAGS)" \
+		MAKEINFO=missing \
+		./configure \
+		--prefix="$(HOST_DIR)/alternate-toolchain" \
+		--enable-static \
+		--target=$(GNU_TARGET_NAME) \
+		--with-sysroot=$(STAGING_DIR) \
+		--enable-__cxa_atexit \
+		--with-gnu-ld \
+		--disable-libssp \
+		--disable-multilib \
+		--disable-decimal-float \
+		--with-gmp=$(HOST_DIR) \
+		--with-mpc=$(HOST_DIR) \
+		--with-mpfr=$(HOST_DIR) \
+		--enable-languages="c,c++" \
+		--with-build-time-tools=$(HOST_DIR)/alternate-toolchain/$(GNU_TARGET_NAME)/bin \
+		--enable-shared \
+		$(QUIET) $(HOST_ALTERNATE_GCC_CONF_OPTS) \
+	)
+endef
+
+HOST_ALTERNATE_GCC_PRE_CONFIGURE_HOOKS += HOST_ALTERNATE_GCC_CONFIGURE_SYMLINK
+
+$(eval $(host-autotools-package))