1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/config.mk b/config.mk
index fa33e62851..c239f2315d 100644
--- a/config.mk
+++ b/config.mk
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ HOSTCFLAGS	+= -pedantic
 
 #########################################################################
 #
-# Option checker (courtesy linux kernel) to ensure
+# Option checker, gcc version (courtesy linux kernel) to ensure
 # only supported compiler options are used
 #
 CC_OPTIONS_CACHE_FILE := $(OBJTREE)/include/generated/cc_options.mk
@@ -125,6 +125,10 @@ cc-option = $(strip $(if $(findstring $1,$(CC_OPTIONS)),$1,\
 		$(if $(call cc-option-sys,$1),$1,$2)))
 endif
 
+# cc-version
+# Usage gcc-ver := $(call cc-version)
+cc-version = $(shell $(SHELL) $(SRCTREE)/tools/gcc-version.sh $(CC))
+
 #
 # Include the make variables (CC, etc...)
 #