diff --git a/libgfortran/ChangeLog b/libgfortran/ChangeLog
index 65e0099a0cd..75be9ad3be2 100644
--- a/libgfortran/ChangeLog
+++ b/libgfortran/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2015-08-28  James Greenhalgh  <james.greenhalgh@arm.com>
+
+	* configure.ac: Auto-detect newlib function support unless we
+	know there are issues when configuring for a host.
+	* configure: Regenerate.
+
 2015-08-26  Francois-Xavier Coudert  <fxcoudert@gcc.gnu.org>
 
 	PR fortran/29600
diff --git a/libgfortran/configure b/libgfortran/configure
index d7dad11a161..c236320f07d 100755
--- a/libgfortran/configure
+++ b/libgfortran/configure
@@ -16474,8 +16474,13 @@ _ACEOF
 fi
 
 
+case "${host}--x${with_newlib}" in
+  mips*--xyes)
+    hardwire_newlib=1;;
+esac
+
 # Check for library functions.
-if test "x${with_newlib}" = "xyes"; then
+if test "${hardwire_newlib:-0}" -eq 1; then
    # We are being configured with a cross compiler.  AC_REPLACE_FUNCS
    # may not work correctly, because the compiler may not be able to
    # link executables.
diff --git a/libgfortran/configure.ac b/libgfortran/configure.ac
index c1113a0188d..a6a154126c8 100644
--- a/libgfortran/configure.ac
+++ b/libgfortran/configure.ac
@@ -273,8 +273,13 @@ GCC_HEADER_STDINT(gstdint.h)
 
 AC_CHECK_MEMBERS([struct stat.st_blksize, struct stat.st_blocks, struct stat.st_rdev])
 
+case "${host}--x${with_newlib}" in
+  mips*--xyes)
+    hardwire_newlib=1;;
+esac
+
 # Check for library functions.
-if test "x${with_newlib}" = "xyes"; then
+if test "${hardwire_newlib:-0}" -eq 1; then
    # We are being configured with a cross compiler.  AC_REPLACE_FUNCS
    # may not work correctly, because the compiler may not be able to
    # link executables.