diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 860cf8f067b..13067e97327 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ MAKEINFOFLAGS = --split-size=5000000
 # ---------------------------------------------
 
 AS = @AS@
-AR = @AR@
+AR = @AR@ @AR_PLUGIN_OPTION@
 AR_FLAGS = rc
 CC = @CC@
 CXX = @CXX@
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ LIPO = @LIPO@
 NM = @NM@
 OBJDUMP = @OBJDUMP@
 OTOOL = @OTOOL@
-RANLIB = @RANLIB@
+RANLIB = @RANLIB@ @RANLIB_PLUGIN_OPTION@
 READELF = @READELF@
 STRIP = @STRIP@
 WINDRES = @WINDRES@
@@ -63384,6 +63384,7 @@ AUTOCONF = autoconf
 $(srcdir)/configure: @MAINT@ $(srcdir)/configure.ac $(srcdir)/config/acx.m4 \
 	$(srcdir)/config/override.m4 $(srcdir)/config/proginstall.m4 \
 	$(srcdir)/config/elf.m4 $(srcdir)/config/isl.m4 \
+	$(srcdir)/config/gcc-plugin.m4 \
 	$(srcdir)/libtool.m4 $(srcdir)/ltoptions.m4 $(srcdir)/ltsugar.m4 \
 	$(srcdir)/ltversion.m4 $(srcdir)/lt~obsolete.m4
 	cd $(srcdir) && $(AUTOCONF)
diff --git a/Makefile.tpl b/Makefile.tpl
index 213052f8226..f785b84ec9c 100644
--- a/Makefile.tpl
+++ b/Makefile.tpl
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ MAKEINFOFLAGS = --split-size=5000000
 # ---------------------------------------------
 
 AS = @AS@
-AR = @AR@
+AR = @AR@ @AR_PLUGIN_OPTION@
 AR_FLAGS = rc
 CC = @CC@
 CXX = @CXX@
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ LIPO = @LIPO@
 NM = @NM@
 OBJDUMP = @OBJDUMP@
 OTOOL = @OTOOL@
-RANLIB = @RANLIB@
+RANLIB = @RANLIB@ @RANLIB_PLUGIN_OPTION@
 READELF = @READELF@
 STRIP = @STRIP@
 WINDRES = @WINDRES@
@@ -2027,6 +2027,7 @@ AUTOCONF = autoconf
 $(srcdir)/configure: @MAINT@ $(srcdir)/configure.ac $(srcdir)/config/acx.m4 \
 	$(srcdir)/config/override.m4 $(srcdir)/config/proginstall.m4 \
 	$(srcdir)/config/elf.m4 $(srcdir)/config/isl.m4 \
+	$(srcdir)/config/gcc-plugin.m4 \
 	$(srcdir)/libtool.m4 $(srcdir)/ltoptions.m4 $(srcdir)/ltsugar.m4 \
 	$(srcdir)/ltversion.m4 $(srcdir)/lt~obsolete.m4
 	cd $(srcdir) && $(AUTOCONF)
diff --git a/config/gcc-plugin.m4 b/config/gcc-plugin.m4
index 8f278719118..c5b72e9a13d 100644
--- a/config/gcc-plugin.m4
+++ b/config/gcc-plugin.m4
@@ -124,3 +124,31 @@ AC_DEFUN([GCC_ENABLE_PLUGINS],
      fi
    fi
 ])
+
+dnl
+dnl
+dnl GCC_PLUGIN_OPTION
+dnl    (SHELL-CODE_HANDLER)
+dnl
+AC_DEFUN([GCC_PLUGIN_OPTION],[dnl
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([for -plugin option])
+
+plugin_names="liblto_plugin.so liblto_plugin-0.dll cyglto_plugin-0.dll"
+plugin_option=
+for plugin in $plugin_names; do
+  plugin_so=`${CC} ${CFLAGS} --print-prog-name $plugin`
+  if test x$plugin_so = x$plugin; then
+    plugin_so=`${CC} ${CFLAGS} --print-file-name $plugin`
+  fi
+  if test x$plugin_so != x$plugin; then
+    plugin_option="--plugin $plugin_so"
+    break
+  fi
+done
+if test -n "$plugin_option"; then
+  $1="$plugin_option"
+  AC_MSG_RESULT($plugin_option)
+else
+  AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
+fi
+])
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 58979d6e3b1..ea3111a8020 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -619,6 +619,8 @@ GFORTRAN_FOR_TARGET
 GCC_FOR_TARGET
 CXX_FOR_TARGET
 CC_FOR_TARGET
+RANLIB_PLUGIN_OPTION
+AR_PLUGIN_OPTION
 READELF
 OTOOL
 OBJDUMP
@@ -12600,6 +12602,43 @@ fi
 
 
 
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for -plugin option" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for -plugin option... " >&6; }
+
+plugin_names="liblto_plugin.so liblto_plugin-0.dll cyglto_plugin-0.dll"
+plugin_option=
+for plugin in $plugin_names; do
+  plugin_so=`${CC} ${CFLAGS} --print-prog-name $plugin`
+  if test x$plugin_so = x$plugin; then
+    plugin_so=`${CC} ${CFLAGS} --print-file-name $plugin`
+  fi
+  if test x$plugin_so != x$plugin; then
+    plugin_option="--plugin $plugin_so"
+    break
+  fi
+done
+if test -n "$plugin_option"; then
+  PLUGIN_OPTION="$plugin_option"
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $plugin_option" >&5
+$as_echo "$plugin_option" >&6; }
+else
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
+$as_echo "no" >&6; }
+fi
+
+AR_PLUGIN_OPTION=
+RANLIB_PLUGIN_OPTION=
+if test -n "$PLUGIN_OPTION"; then
+  if $AR --help 2>&1 | grep -q "\--plugin"; then
+    AR_PLUGIN_OPTION="$PLUGIN_OPTION"
+  fi
+  if $RANLIB --help 2>&1 | grep -q "\--plugin"; then
+    RANLIB_PLUGIN_OPTION="$PLUGIN_OPTION"
+  fi
+fi
+
+
+
 # Target tools.
 
 # Check whether --with-build-time-tools was given.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 550e6993b59..1ca83d30a55 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ m4_include(config/override.m4)
 m4_include(config/proginstall.m4)
 m4_include(config/elf.m4)
 m4_include(config/ax_cxx_compile_stdcxx.m4)
+m4_include(config/gcc-plugin.m4)
 m4_include([libtool.m4])
 m4_include([ltoptions.m4])
 m4_include([ltsugar.m4])
@@ -3493,6 +3494,20 @@ AC_SUBST(CXX)
 AC_SUBST(CFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(CXXFLAGS)
 
+GCC_PLUGIN_OPTION(PLUGIN_OPTION)
+AR_PLUGIN_OPTION=
+RANLIB_PLUGIN_OPTION=
+if test -n "$PLUGIN_OPTION"; then
+  if $AR --help 2>&1 | grep -q "\--plugin"; then
+    AR_PLUGIN_OPTION="$PLUGIN_OPTION"
+  fi
+  if $RANLIB --help 2>&1 | grep -q "\--plugin"; then
+    RANLIB_PLUGIN_OPTION="$PLUGIN_OPTION"
+  fi
+fi
+AC_SUBST(AR_PLUGIN_OPTION)
+AC_SUBST(RANLIB_PLUGIN_OPTION)
+
 # Target tools.
 AC_ARG_WITH([build-time-tools], 
   [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-build-time-tools=PATH],
diff --git a/libiberty/Makefile.in b/libiberty/Makefile.in
index 884cc6c4af2..6916b735df3 100644
--- a/libiberty/Makefile.in
+++ b/libiberty/Makefile.in
@@ -50,13 +50,13 @@ mkinstalldirs = $(SHELL) $(libiberty_topdir)/mkinstalldirs
 # Some compilers can't handle cc -c blah.c -o foo/blah.o.
 OUTPUT_OPTION = @OUTPUT_OPTION@
 
-AR = @AR@
+AR = @AR@ @AR_PLUGIN_OPTION@
 AR_FLAGS = rc
 
 CC = @CC@
 CFLAGS = @CFLAGS@
 CPPFLAGS = @CPPFLAGS@
-RANLIB = @RANLIB@
+RANLIB = @RANLIB@ @RANLIB_PLUGIN_OPTION@
 MAKEINFO = @MAKEINFO@
 PERL = @PERL@
 
@@ -505,6 +505,7 @@ aclocal_deps = \
 	$(srcdir)/../config/acx.m4 \
 	$(srcdir)/../config/cet.m4 \
 	$(srcdir)/../config/enable.m4 \
+	$(srcdir)/../config/gcc-plugin.m4 \
 	$(srcdir)/../config/no-executables.m4 \
 	$(srcdir)/../config/override.m4 \
 	$(srcdir)/../config/picflag.m4 \
diff --git a/libiberty/aclocal.m4 b/libiberty/aclocal.m4
index 3378316dced..0757688d52a 100644
--- a/libiberty/aclocal.m4
+++ b/libiberty/aclocal.m4
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ m4_ifndef([AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS], [m4_defun([_AM_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS], [])m4_defun
 m4_include([../config/acx.m4])
 m4_include([../config/cet.m4])
 m4_include([../config/enable.m4])
+m4_include([../config/gcc-plugin.m4])
 m4_include([../config/no-executables.m4])
 m4_include([../config/picflag.m4])
 m4_include([../config/warnings.m4])
diff --git a/libiberty/configure b/libiberty/configure
index 3c7e588b16b..4d793dbebeb 100755
--- a/libiberty/configure
+++ b/libiberty/configure
@@ -645,6 +645,8 @@ CPPFLAGS
 LDFLAGS
 CFLAGS
 CC
+RANLIB_PLUGIN_OPTION
+AR_PLUGIN_OPTION
 RANLIB
 AR
 host_os
@@ -2929,6 +2931,41 @@ else
 fi
 
 
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for -plugin option" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for -plugin option... " >&6; }
+
+plugin_names="liblto_plugin.so liblto_plugin-0.dll cyglto_plugin-0.dll"
+plugin_option=
+for plugin in $plugin_names; do
+  plugin_so=`${CC} ${CFLAGS} --print-prog-name $plugin`
+  if test x$plugin_so = x$plugin; then
+    plugin_so=`${CC} ${CFLAGS} --print-file-name $plugin`
+  fi
+  if test x$plugin_so != x$plugin; then
+    plugin_option="--plugin $plugin_so"
+    break
+  fi
+done
+if test -n "$plugin_option"; then
+  PLUGIN_OPTION="$plugin_option"
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $plugin_option" >&5
+$as_echo "$plugin_option" >&6; }
+else
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
+$as_echo "no" >&6; }
+fi
+
+if test -n "$PLUGIN_OPTION"; then
+  if $AR --help 2>&1 | grep -q "\--plugin"; then
+    AR_PLUGIN_OPTION="$PLUGIN_OPTION"
+
+  fi
+  if $RANLIB --help 2>&1 | grep -q "\--plugin"; then
+    RANLIB_PLUGIN_OPTION="$PLUGIN_OPTION"
+
+  fi
+fi
+
 # Add --enable-multilib to configure.
 # Default to --enable-multilib
 # Check whether --enable-multilib was given.
diff --git a/libiberty/configure.ac b/libiberty/configure.ac
index 4b78c1830c7..3d26857cb9f 100644
--- a/libiberty/configure.ac
+++ b/libiberty/configure.ac
@@ -108,6 +108,18 @@ dnl to call AC_CHECK_PROG.
 AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar)
 AC_CHECK_TOOL(RANLIB, ranlib, :)
 
+GCC_PLUGIN_OPTION(PLUGIN_OPTION)
+if test -n "$PLUGIN_OPTION"; then
+  if $AR --help 2>&1 | grep -q "\--plugin"; then
+    AR_PLUGIN_OPTION="$PLUGIN_OPTION"
+    AC_SUBST(AR_PLUGIN_OPTION)
+  fi
+  if $RANLIB --help 2>&1 | grep -q "\--plugin"; then
+    RANLIB_PLUGIN_OPTION="$PLUGIN_OPTION"
+    AC_SUBST(RANLIB_PLUGIN_OPTION)
+  fi
+fi
+
 dnl When switching to automake, replace the following with AM_ENABLE_MULTILIB.
 # Add --enable-multilib to configure.
 # Default to --enable-multilib
diff --git a/libtool.m4 b/libtool.m4
index 17f8e5f3074..efa62bfcbf0 100644
--- a/libtool.m4
+++ b/libtool.m4
@@ -1325,8 +1325,26 @@ need_locks="$enable_libtool_lock"
 # _LT_CMD_OLD_ARCHIVE
 # -------------------
 m4_defun([_LT_CMD_OLD_ARCHIVE],
-[AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar, false)
+[plugin_option=
+plugin_names="liblto_plugin.so liblto_plugin-0.dll cyglto_plugin-0.dll"
+for plugin in $plugin_names; do
+  plugin_so=`${CC} ${CFLAGS} --print-prog-name $plugin`
+  if test x$plugin_so = x$plugin; then
+    plugin_so=`${CC} ${CFLAGS} --print-file-name $plugin`
+  fi
+  if test x$plugin_so != x$plugin; then
+    plugin_option="--plugin $plugin_so"
+    break
+  fi
+done
+
+AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar, false)
 test -z "$AR" && AR=ar
+if test -n "$plugin_option"; then
+  if $AR --help 2>&1 | grep -q "\--plugin"; then
+    AR="$AR $plugin_option"
+  fi
+fi
 test -z "$AR_FLAGS" && AR_FLAGS=cru
 _LT_DECL([], [AR], [1], [The archiver])
 _LT_DECL([], [AR_FLAGS], [1])
@@ -1337,6 +1355,11 @@ _LT_DECL([], [STRIP], [1], [A symbol stripping program])
 
 AC_CHECK_TOOL(RANLIB, ranlib, :)
 test -z "$RANLIB" && RANLIB=:
+if test -n "$plugin_option" && test "$RANLIB" != ":"; then
+  if $RANLIB --help 2>&1 | grep -q "\--plugin"; then
+    RANLIB="$RANLIB $plugin_option"
+  fi
+fi
 _LT_DECL([], [RANLIB], [1],
     [Commands used to install an old-style archive])
 
diff --git a/zlib/configure b/zlib/configure
index f489f31bc70..8ce61b11119 100755
--- a/zlib/configure
+++ b/zlib/configure
@@ -4169,7 +4169,7 @@ case "$host" in
     case "$enable_cet" in
       auto)
 	# Check if target supports multi-byte NOPs
-	# and if assembler supports CET insn.
+	# and if compiler and assembler support CET insn.
 	cet_save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
 	CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fcf-protection"
 	cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
@@ -5502,6 +5502,19 @@ test -z "$deplibs_check_method" && deplibs_check_method=unknown
 
 
 
+plugin_option=
+plugin_names="liblto_plugin.so liblto_plugin-0.dll cyglto_plugin-0.dll"
+for plugin in $plugin_names; do
+  plugin_so=`${CC} ${CFLAGS} --print-prog-name $plugin`
+  if test x$plugin_so = x$plugin; then
+    plugin_so=`${CC} ${CFLAGS} --print-file-name $plugin`
+  fi
+  if test x$plugin_so != x$plugin; then
+    plugin_option="--plugin $plugin_so"
+    break
+  fi
+done
+
 if test -n "$ac_tool_prefix"; then
   # Extract the first word of "${ac_tool_prefix}ar", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy ${ac_tool_prefix}ar; ac_word=$2
@@ -5595,6 +5608,11 @@ else
 fi
 
 test -z "$AR" && AR=ar
+if test -n "$plugin_option"; then
+  if $AR --help 2>&1 | grep -q "\--plugin"; then
+    AR="$AR $plugin_option"
+  fi
+fi
 test -z "$AR_FLAGS" && AR_FLAGS=cru
 
 
@@ -5799,6 +5817,11 @@ else
 fi
 
 test -z "$RANLIB" && RANLIB=:
+if test -n "$plugin_option" && test "$RANLIB" != ":"; then
+  if $RANLIB --help 2>&1 | grep -q "\--plugin"; then
+    RANLIB="$RANLIB $plugin_option"
+  fi
+fi
 
 
 
@@ -10735,7 +10758,7 @@ else
   lt_dlunknown=0; lt_dlno_uscore=1; lt_dlneed_uscore=2
   lt_status=$lt_dlunknown
   cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<_LT_EOF
-#line 10748 "configure"
+#line 10761 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 
 #if HAVE_DLFCN_H
@@ -10841,7 +10864,7 @@ else
   lt_dlunknown=0; lt_dlno_uscore=1; lt_dlneed_uscore=2
   lt_status=$lt_dlunknown
   cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<_LT_EOF
-#line 10854 "configure"
+#line 10867 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 
 #if HAVE_DLFCN_H
