diff --git a/libgcc/ChangeLog b/libgcc/ChangeLog
index 86b482f9950..9a69320c8b1 100644
--- a/libgcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/libgcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2011-11-18  Steve Ellcey  <sje@cup.hp.com>
+
+	* Makefile.in (c_flags): Set to -fno-exceptions to build libunwind.
+
 2011-11-18  Georg-Johann Lay  <avr@gjlay.de>
 
 	PR target/49868
diff --git a/libgcc/Makefile.in b/libgcc/Makefile.in
index 3a8509d118c..f0b5a0ecbd5 100644
--- a/libgcc/Makefile.in
+++ b/libgcc/Makefile.in
@@ -827,9 +827,10 @@ include $(iterator)
 
 endif
 
-# Build LIBUNWIND.
+# Build LIBUNWIND. Use -fno-exceptions so that the unwind library does
+# not generate calls to __gcc_personality_v0.
 
-c_flags := -fexceptions
+c_flags := -fno-exceptions
 
 libunwind-objects += $(addsuffix $(objext),$(basename $(notdir $(LIBUNWIND))))