diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-configure-common.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-configure-common.inc
index 04eda9e..8ec8dd1 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-configure-common.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-configure-common.inc
@@ -104,6 +104,10 @@ do_configure () {
 	export CXXFLAGS_FOR_BUILD="${BUILD_CXXFLAGS}"
 	export LDFLAGS_FOR_BUILD="${BUILD_LDFLAGS}"
 	export ARCH_FLAGS_FOR_TARGET="${ARCH_FLAGS_FOR_TARGET}"
+	export CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET="${TARGET_CFLAGS}"
+	export CPPFLAGS_FOR_TARGET="${TARGET_CPPFLAGS}"
+	export CXXFLAGS_FOR_TARGET="${TARGET_CXXFLAGS}"
+	export LDFLAGS_FOR_TARGET="${TARGET_LDFLAGS}"
 	(cd ${S} && gnu-configize) || die "failure running gnu-configize"
 
 	oe_runconf
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-configure-cross.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-configure-cross.inc
index 91834c2..65e340a 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-configure-cross.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-configure-cross.inc
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ do_compile_prepend () {
 	export LD_FOR_TARGET="${TARGET_SYS}-ld"
 	export NM_FOR_TARGET="${TARGET_SYS}-nm"
 	export CC_FOR_TARGET="${CCACHE} ${TARGET_SYS}-gcc ${TARGET_CC_ARCH}"
+	export CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET="${TARGET_CFLAGS}"
+	export CPPFLAGS_FOR_TARGET="${TARGET_CPPFLAGS}"
+	export CXXFLAGS_FOR_TARGET="${TARGET_CXXFLAGS}"
+	export LDFLAGS_FOR_TARGET="${TARGET_LDFLAGS}"
 }
 
 LIBGCCS_VAR = "-lgcc_s"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-configure-sdk.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-configure-sdk.inc
index 3043814..54e8ede 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-configure-sdk.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-configure-sdk.inc
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export WINDRES_FOR_TARGET = "${TARGET_PREFIX}windres"
 #
 # We need to override this and make sure the compiler can find staging
 #
-export ARCH_FLAGS_FOR_TARGET = "--sysroot=${STAGING_DIR_TARGET}"
+export ARCH_FLAGS_FOR_TARGET = "--sysroot=${STAGING_DIR_TARGET} -isystem =${target_includedir}"
 
 do_configure () {
 	export CC_FOR_BUILD="${BUILD_CC}"
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ do_configure () {
 	export CPPFLAGS_FOR_BUILD="${BUILD_CPPFLAGS}"
 	export CXXFLAGS_FOR_BUILD="${BUILD_CXXFLAGS}"
 	export LDFLAGS_FOR_BUILD="${BUILD_LDFLAGS}"
+	export CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET="${TARGET_CFLAGS}"
+	export CPPFLAGS_FOR_TARGET="${TARGET_CPPFLAGS}"
+	export CXXFLAGS_FOR_TARGET="${TARGET_CXXFLAGS}"
+	export LDFLAGS_FOR_TARGET="${TARGET_LDFLAGS}"
 	(cd ${S} && gnu-configize) || die "failure running gnu-configize"
 	oe_runconf
 }