diff --git a/build/scripts/build_cross_tools_gcc4 b/build/scripts/build_cross_tools_gcc4
index 4900af6b76..b5eefe340e 100755
--- a/build/scripts/build_cross_tools_gcc4
+++ b/build/scripts/build_cross_tools_gcc4
@@ -36,10 +36,8 @@ i586-*)
 	gdbConfigureArgs="--disable-multilib"
 	;;
 x86_64-*)
-	# GCC's default is to enable multilib, but there is a bug when
-	# explicitly using --enable-multilib that causes a build
-	# failure
-	binutilsConfigureArgs=""
+	binutilsConfigureArgs="--enable-multilib"
+	gccConfigureArgs="--enable-multilib"
 	binutilsTargets="$binutilsTargets,i386-efi-pe,x86_64-efi-pe"
 	gdbConfigureArgs="--disable-multilib"
 	;;