diff --git a/base/binutils/binutils.conf b/base/binutils/binutils.conf
index 21af4d966..e51fc68d1 100644
--- a/base/binutils/binutils.conf
+++ b/base/binutils/binutils.conf
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@
 
 hook_add preconf 5 "mkdir -p objdir; cd objdir; configscript=../configure"
 
+if [ "$SDECFG_MULTILIB" != 1 ]; then
+	var_append extraconfopt ' ' "--disable-multilib"
+else
+	var_append extraconfopt ' ' "--enable-multilib"
+fi
+
 if atstage toolchain; then
 	bindir="/$prefix/crosscc"; mkdir -p $root/$prefix/crosscc
 	var_append confopt " " "--with-sysroot=$sysroot"