diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-4.8.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-4.8.inc
index 0fbbc1d9bc..4af98f8fee 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-4.8.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-4.8.inc
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ SRC_URI = "${GNU_MIRROR}/gcc/gcc-${PV}/gcc-${PV}.tar.bz2 \
 	   file://0043-cpp.patch \
 	   file://0044-gengtypes.patch \
 	   file://0045-gcc-4.8-PR57717-PowerPC-E500v2.patch \
+	   file://0046-libatomic-deptracking.patch \
 	  "
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "3b2386c114cd74185aa3754b58a79304"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "545b44be3ad9f2c4e90e6880f5c9d4f0a8f0e5f67e1ffb0d45da9fa01bb05813"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-4.8/0046-libatomic-deptracking.patch b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-4.8/0046-libatomic-deptracking.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6ea4f42765
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-4.8/0046-libatomic-deptracking.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+gcc 4.8 won't build with --disable-dependency-tracking since the *.Ppo files
+don't get created unless --enable-dependency-tracking is true.
+
+This patch ensures we only use those compiler options when its enabled.
+
+Upstream-Status: Submitted
+
+(Problem was already reported upstream, attached this patch there
+http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=55930)
+
+RP 
+2012/09/22
+
+Index: gcc-4.8.1/libatomic/Makefile.am
+===================================================================
+--- gcc-4.8.1.orig/libatomic/Makefile.am	2013-01-14 18:16:23.000000000 +0000
++++ gcc-4.8.1/libatomic/Makefile.am	2013-09-22 10:38:18.904064750 +0000
+@@ -100,7 +100,8 @@
+ IFUNC_DEF	= -DIFUNC_ALT=$(PAT_S)
+ IFUNC_OPT	= $(word $(PAT_S),$(IFUNC_OPTIONS))
+ 
+-M_DEPS		= -MT $@ -MD -MP -MF $(DEPDIR)/$(@F).Ppo
++@AMDEP_TRUE@M_DEPS		= -MT $@ -MD -MP -MF $(DEPDIR)/$(@F).Ppo
++@AMDEP_FALSE@M_DEPS		= 
+ M_SIZE		= -DN=$(PAT_N)
+ M_IFUNC		= $(if $(PAT_S),$(IFUNC_DEF) $(IFUNC_OPT))
+ M_FILE		= $(PAT_BASE)_n.c
+Index: gcc-4.8.1/libatomic/Makefile.in
+===================================================================
+--- gcc-4.8.1.orig/libatomic/Makefile.in	2013-05-31 09:09:26.000000000 +0000
++++ gcc-4.8.1/libatomic/Makefile.in	2013-09-22 10:40:42.520059917 +0000
+@@ -298,7 +298,8 @@
+ PAT_S = $(word 3,$(PAT_SPLIT))
+ IFUNC_DEF = -DIFUNC_ALT=$(PAT_S)
+ IFUNC_OPT = $(word $(PAT_S),$(IFUNC_OPTIONS))
+-M_DEPS = -MT $@ -MD -MP -MF $(DEPDIR)/$(@F).Ppo
++@AMDEP_TRUE@M_DEPS = -MT $@ -MD -MP -MF $(DEPDIR)/$(@F).Ppo
++@AMDEP_FALSE@M_DEPS = 
+ M_SIZE = -DN=$(PAT_N)
+ M_IFUNC = $(if $(PAT_S),$(IFUNC_DEF) $(IFUNC_OPT))
+ M_FILE = $(PAT_BASE)_n.c
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-target.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-target.inc
index c7e3e164d8..e1179ac292 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-target.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-target.inc
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ EXTRA_OECONF_PATHS = " \
     --with-sysroot=/ \
     --with-build-sysroot=${STAGING_DIR_TARGET} \
     --with-native-system-header-dir=${STAGING_DIR_TARGET}${target_includedir} \
-    --with-gxx-include-dir=${includedir}/c++/ --enable-dependency-tracking"
+    --with-gxx-include-dir=${includedir}/c++/"
 
 ARCH_FLAGS_FOR_TARGET += "-isystem${STAGING_INCDIR} -I${B}/gcc/include/ "