diff --git a/gcc/Makefile.in b/gcc/Makefile.in
index 6b28ef5..7816243 100644
--- a/gcc/Makefile.in
+++ b/gcc/Makefile.in
@@ -1545,7 +1545,8 @@ MOSTLYCLEANFILES = insn-flags.h insn-config.h insn-codes.h \
  genrtl.h gt-*.h gtype-*.h gtype-desc.c gtyp-input.list \
  xgcc$(exeext) cpp$(exeext) cc1$(exeext) $(EXTRA_PASSES) \
  $(EXTRA_PARTS) $(EXTRA_PROGRAMS) gcc-cross$(exeext) \
- $(SPECS) collect2$(exeext) lto-wrapper$(exeext) \
+ $(SPECS) collect2$(exeext) gcc-ar$(exeext) gcc-nm$(exeext) \
+ gcc-ranlib$(exeext) \
  gcov-iov$(build_exeext) gcov$(exeext) gcov-dump$(exeext) \
  gengtype$(exeext) *.[0-9][0-9].* *.[si] *-checksum.c libbackend.a \
  libcommon-target.a libcommon.a libgcc.mk
@@ -1791,7 +1792,8 @@ rest.encap: lang.rest.encap
 # This is what is made with the host's compiler
 # whether making a cross compiler or not.
 native: config.status auto-host.h build-@POSUB@ $(LANGUAGES) \
-	$(EXTRA_PASSES) $(EXTRA_PROGRAMS) $(COLLECT2) lto-wrapper$(exeext)
+	$(EXTRA_PASSES) $(EXTRA_PROGRAMS) $(COLLECT2) lto-wrapper$(exeext) \
+	gcc-ar$(exeext)
 
 ifeq ($(enable_plugin),yes)
 native: gengtype$(exeext)
@@ -2049,6 +2051,17 @@ sbitmap.o: sbitmap.c sbitmap.h $(CONFIG_H) $(SYSTEM_H) coretypes.h $(BASIC_BLOCK
 ebitmap.o: ebitmap.c $(CONFIG_H) $(SYSTEM_H) coretypes.h $(EBITMAP_H)
 sparseset.o: sparseset.c $(SYSTEM_H) sparseset.h $(CONFIG_H)
 
+AR_OBJS = gcc-ar.o
+AR_LIBS = @COLLECT2_LIBS@
+gcc-ar$(exeext): $(AR_OBJS) $(LIBDEPS)
+	+$(LINKER) $(ALL_LINKERFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ \
+		$(AR_OBJS) $(LIBS) $(AR_LIBS)
+
+gcc-ar.o: gcc-ar.c $(CONFIG_H) $(SYSTEM_H) $(LIBIBERTY_H)
+	$(COMPILER) $(ALL_COMPILERFLAGS) $(ALL_CPPFLAGS) $(DRIVER_DEFINES) \
+	-DTARGET_MACHINE=\"$(target_noncanonical)\" \
+	-c $(srcdir)/gcc-ar.c $(OUTPUT_OPTION) @TARGET_SYSTEM_ROOT_DEFINE@
+
 COLLECT2_OBJS = collect2.o collect2-aix.o tlink.o
 COLLECT2_LIBS = @COLLECT2_LIBS@
 collect2$(exeext): $(COLLECT2_OBJS) $(LIBDEPS)
@@ -4576,7 +4589,7 @@ maintainer-clean:
 # broken is small.
 install: install-common $(INSTALL_HEADERS) \
     install-cpp install-man install-info install-@POSUB@ \
-    install-driver install-lto-wrapper
+    install-driver install-lto-wrapper install-gcc-ar
 
 ifeq ($(enable_plugin),yes)
 install: install-plugin
@@ -4901,6 +4914,12 @@ install-collect2: collect2 installdirs
 install-lto-wrapper: lto-wrapper$(exeext)
 	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) lto-wrapper$(exeext) $(DESTDIR)$(libexecsubdir)/lto-wrapper$(exeext)
 
+# XXX hardlink if system supports it
+install-gcc-ar:
+	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) gcc-ar$(exeext) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/gcc-ar$(exeext)
+	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) gcc-ar$(exeext) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/gcc-nm$(exeext)
+	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) gcc-ar$(exeext) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/gcc-ranlib$(exeext)
+
 # Cancel installation by deleting the installed files.
 uninstall: lang.uninstall
 	-rm -rf $(DESTDIR)$(libsubdir)
@@ -4915,6 +4934,9 @@ uninstall: lang.uninstall
 	-rm -rf $(DESTDIR)$(man1dir)/cpp$(man1ext)
 	-rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(infodir)/cpp.info* $(DESTDIR)$(infodir)/gcc.info*
 	-rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(infodir)/cppinternals.info* $(DESTDIR)$(infodir)/gccint.info*
+	-rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/gcc-ar$(exeext)
+	-rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/gcc-nm$(exeext)
+	-rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/gcc-ranlib$(exeext)
 #
 # These targets are for the dejagnu testsuites. The file site.exp
 # contains global variables that all the testsuites will use.
diff --git a/gcc/gcc-ar.c b/gcc/gcc-ar.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c51e9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/gcc-ar.c
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+/* Wrapper for ar/ranlib/nm to pass the LTO plugin. The same executable
+   handles all. 
+   Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Contributed by Andi Kleen.
+
+This file is part of GCC.
+
+GCC is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option) any later
+version.
+
+GCC is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
+WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GCC; see the file COPYING3.  If not see
+<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include "config.h"
+#include "system.h"
+#include "libiberty.h"
+
+static const char *personas[] = 
+  {
+    "ar",
+    "ranlib",
+    "nm",
+    NULL
+  };
+
+static const char standard_libexec_prefix[] = STANDARD_LIBEXEC_PREFIX;
+
+static const char dir_separator[] = { DIR_SEPARATOR, 0 };
+
+int 
+main(int ac, char **av)
+{
+  char *nprefix;
+  const char *exe_name;
+  char *plugin;
+  int len, k, status, err;
+  const char *err_msg;
+  const char **nargv;
+  bool is_ar = false;
+
+  /* Determine which utility */
+  len = strlen (av[0]);
+  for (k = 0; personas[k]; k++) 
+    {
+      int w = strlen (personas[k]);
+      if (len >= w && !strcmp (av[0] + len - w, personas[k]))
+	break;
+    }
+  if (personas[k] == NULL)
+    {
+      fprintf (stderr, "Unknown executable name %s\n", av[0]);
+      exit (1);
+    }
+  is_ar = !strcmp (personas[k], "ar");
+
+  exe_name = personas[k];
+#ifdef CROSS_DIRECTORY_STRUCTURE
+  exe_name = concat (target_machine, "-", exe_name, NULL);
+#endif
+
+  /* Find plugin */
+  /* XXX implement more magic from gcc.c? */
+  nprefix = getenv ("GCC_EXEC_PREFIX");
+  plugin = concat (nprefix ? nprefix : standard_libexec_prefix,
+		   dir_separator,
+                   DEFAULT_TARGET_MACHINE, 
+		   dir_separator,
+		   DEFAULT_TARGET_VERSION,
+	           dir_separator,
+		   LTOPLUGINSONAME,
+		   NULL);
+  if (access (plugin, X_OK))
+    {
+      fprintf (stderr, "%s: Cannot find plugin %s\n", av[0], plugin);
+      exit (1);
+    }
+
+  /* Create new command line with plugin */
+  nargv = XCNEWVEC (const char *, ac + 4);
+  nargv[0] = exe_name;
+  nargv[1] = "--plugin";
+  nargv[2] = plugin;
+  if (is_ar && av[1] && av[1][0] != '-')
+    av[1] = concat("-", av[1], NULL);
+  for (k = 1; k < ac; k++)
+    nargv[2 + k] = av[k];
+  nargv[2 + k] = NULL;
+
+  /* Run utility */
+  /* ??? the const is misplaced in pex_one's argv? */
+  err_msg = pex_one (PEX_LAST|PEX_SEARCH, 
+		     exe_name, 
+		     CONST_CAST2 (char * const *, const char **, nargv),
+		     concat("gcc-", exe_name, NULL), 
+		     NULL,NULL,  &status, &err);
+  if (err_msg) 
+    fprintf(stderr, "Error running %s: %s\n", exe_name, err_msg);
+
+  return err;
+}
