diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 20f5d2f9aee..587891ac14f 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2005-01-11  Kaveh R. Ghazi  <ghazi@caip.rutgers.edu>
+
+	* Makefile.in: Set a `build-warn' variable.
+
 2005-01-11  Zdenek Dvorak  <dvorakz@suse.cz>
 
 	PR tree-optimization/17949
diff --git a/gcc/Makefile.in b/gcc/Makefile.in
index b266be8801e..08b8876b206 100644
--- a/gcc/Makefile.in
+++ b/gcc/Makefile.in
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ VALGRIND_DRIVER_DEFINES = @valgrind_path_defines@
 
 # This is how we control whether or not the additional warnings are applied.
 .-warn = $(STRICT_WARN)
+build-warn = $(STRICT_WARN)
 GCC_WARN_CFLAGS = $(LOOSE_WARN) $($(@D)-warn) $(NOCOMMON_FLAG) $($@-warn)
 
 # These files are to have -Werror bypassed in stage2: