diff --git a/libgloss/aarch64/aclocal.m4 b/libgloss/aarch64/aclocal.m4
index 24271f381..fab8217a4 100644
--- a/libgloss/aarch64/aclocal.m4
+++ b/libgloss/aarch64/aclocal.m4
@@ -379,5 +379,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE], [_AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE($@)])
 
 m4_include([../../config/depstand.m4])
 m4_include([../../config/lead-dot.m4])
+m4_include([../../config/multi.m4])
 m4_include([../../config/override.m4])
 m4_include([../acinclude.m4])
diff --git a/libgloss/aarch64/configure b/libgloss/aarch64/configure
index 723862766..969a00418 100755
--- a/libgloss/aarch64/configure
+++ b/libgloss/aarch64/configure
@@ -585,6 +585,7 @@ ac_unique_file="crt0.S"
 enable_option_checking=no
 ac_subst_vars='LTLIBOBJS
 LIBOBJS
+multi_basedir
 subdirs
 host_makefile_frag_path
 objtype
@@ -663,6 +664,7 @@ ac_subst_files='host_makefile_frag'
 ac_user_opts='
 enable_option_checking
 enable_dependency_tracking
+enable_multilib
 '
       ac_precious_vars='build_alias
 host_alias
@@ -1290,6 +1292,7 @@ Optional Features:
                           do not reject slow dependency extractors
   --disable-dependency-tracking
                           speeds up one-time build
+  --enable-multilib       build many library versions (default)
 
 Some influential environment variables:
   CCAS        assembler compiler command (defaults to CC)
@@ -2561,6 +2564,44 @@ subdirs="$subdirs cpu-init"
 
 fi
 
+# Default to --enable-multilib
+# Check whether --enable-multilib was given.
+if test "${enable_multilib+set}" = set; then :
+  enableval=$enable_multilib; case "$enableval" in
+  yes) multilib=yes ;;
+  no)  multilib=no ;;
+  *)   as_fn_error $? "bad value $enableval for multilib option" "$LINENO" 5 ;;
+ esac
+else
+  multilib=yes
+fi
+
+
+# We may get other options which we leave undocumented:
+# --with-target-subdir, --with-multisrctop, --with-multisubdir
+# See config-ml.in if you want the gory details.
+
+if test "$srcdir" = "."; then
+  if test "$with_target_subdir" != "."; then
+    multi_basedir="$srcdir/$with_multisrctop../../.."
+  else
+    multi_basedir="$srcdir/$with_multisrctop../.."
+  fi
+else
+  multi_basedir="$srcdir/../.."
+fi
+
+
+# Even if the default multilib is not a cross compilation,
+# it may be that some of the other multilibs are.
+if test $cross_compiling = no && test $multilib = yes \
+   && test "x${with_multisubdir}" != x ; then
+   cross_compiling=maybe
+fi
+
+ac_config_commands="$ac_config_commands default-1"
+
+
 ac_config_files="$ac_config_files Makefile"
 
 cat >confcache <<\_ACEOF
@@ -3277,12 +3318,20 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 # INIT-COMMANDS
 #
 AMDEP_TRUE="$AMDEP_TRUE" ac_aux_dir="$ac_aux_dir"
-srcdir=${srcdir}
-target=${target}
-with_multisubdir=${with_multisubdir}
-ac_configure_args="${ac_configure_args} --enable-multilib"
-CONFIG_SHELL=${CONFIG_SHELL-/bin/sh}
 
+srcdir="$srcdir"
+host="$host"
+target="$target"
+with_multisubdir="$with_multisubdir"
+with_multisrctop="$with_multisrctop"
+with_target_subdir="$with_target_subdir"
+ac_configure_args="${multilib_arg} ${ac_configure_args}"
+multi_basedir="$multi_basedir"
+CONFIG_SHELL=${CONFIG_SHELL-/bin/sh}
+CC="$CC"
+CXX="$CXX"
+GFORTRAN="$GFORTRAN"
+GCJ="$GCJ"
 
 _ACEOF
 
@@ -3293,6 +3342,7 @@ for ac_config_target in $ac_config_targets
 do
   case $ac_config_target in
     "depfiles") CONFIG_COMMANDS="$CONFIG_COMMANDS depfiles" ;;
+    "default-1") CONFIG_COMMANDS="$CONFIG_COMMANDS default-1" ;;
     "Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES Makefile" ;;
 
   *) as_fn_error $? "invalid argument: \`$ac_config_target'" "$LINENO" 5;;
@@ -3849,7 +3899,14 @@ $as_echo X"$file" |
   done
 }
  ;;
-    "Makefile":F) . ${srcdir}/../../config-ml.in ;;
+    "default-1":C)
+# Only add multilib support code if we just rebuilt the top-level
+# Makefile.
+case " $CONFIG_FILES " in
+ *" Makefile "*)
+   ac_file=Makefile . ${multi_basedir}/config-ml.in
+   ;;
+esac ;;
 
   esac
 done # for ac_tag
diff --git a/libgloss/aarch64/configure.ac b/libgloss/aarch64/configure.ac
index 303e51359..b26f55eca 100644
--- a/libgloss/aarch64/configure.ac
+++ b/libgloss/aarch64/configure.ac
@@ -43,12 +43,7 @@ if test -d "${srcdir}/cpu-init"; then
   AC_SUBST(subdirs)
 fi
 
-AC_CONFIG_FILES(Makefile,
-. ${srcdir}/../../config-ml.in,
-srcdir=${srcdir}
-target=${target}
-with_multisubdir=${with_multisubdir}
-ac_configure_args="${ac_configure_args} --enable-multilib"
-CONFIG_SHELL=${CONFIG_SHELL-/bin/sh}
-)
+AM_ENABLE_MULTILIB(, ../..)
+
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile])
 AC_OUTPUT
diff --git a/libgloss/aarch64/cpu-init/aclocal.m4 b/libgloss/aarch64/cpu-init/aclocal.m4
index 5ca701920..ee5abac29 100644
--- a/libgloss/aarch64/cpu-init/aclocal.m4
+++ b/libgloss/aarch64/cpu-init/aclocal.m4
@@ -379,5 +379,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE], [_AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE($@)])
 
 m4_include([../../../config/depstand.m4])
 m4_include([../../../config/lead-dot.m4])
+m4_include([../../../config/multi.m4])
 m4_include([../../../config/override.m4])
 m4_include([../../acinclude.m4])
diff --git a/libgloss/aarch64/cpu-init/configure b/libgloss/aarch64/cpu-init/configure
index c8159716a..7b03053e4 100755
--- a/libgloss/aarch64/cpu-init/configure
+++ b/libgloss/aarch64/cpu-init/configure
@@ -584,6 +584,7 @@ PACKAGE_URL=
 ac_unique_file="Makefile.in"
 ac_subst_vars='LTLIBOBJS
 LIBOBJS
+multi_basedir
 host_makefile_frag_path
 CCASFLAGS
 CCAS
@@ -660,6 +661,7 @@ ac_subst_files='host_makefile_frag'
 ac_user_opts='
 enable_option_checking
 enable_dependency_tracking
+enable_multilib
 '
       ac_precious_vars='build_alias
 host_alias
@@ -1287,6 +1289,7 @@ Optional Features:
                           do not reject slow dependency extractors
   --disable-dependency-tracking
                           speeds up one-time build
+  --enable-multilib       build many library versions (default)
 
 Some influential environment variables:
   CCAS        assembler compiler command (defaults to CC)
@@ -2540,6 +2543,44 @@ host_makefile_frag_path=$host_makefile_frag
 
 
 
+# Default to --enable-multilib
+# Check whether --enable-multilib was given.
+if test "${enable_multilib+set}" = set; then :
+  enableval=$enable_multilib; case "$enableval" in
+  yes) multilib=yes ;;
+  no)  multilib=no ;;
+  *)   as_fn_error $? "bad value $enableval for multilib option" "$LINENO" 5 ;;
+ esac
+else
+  multilib=yes
+fi
+
+
+# We may get other options which we leave undocumented:
+# --with-target-subdir, --with-multisrctop, --with-multisubdir
+# See config-ml.in if you want the gory details.
+
+if test "$srcdir" = "."; then
+  if test "$with_target_subdir" != "."; then
+    multi_basedir="$srcdir/$with_multisrctop../../../.."
+  else
+    multi_basedir="$srcdir/$with_multisrctop../../.."
+  fi
+else
+  multi_basedir="$srcdir/../../.."
+fi
+
+
+# Even if the default multilib is not a cross compilation,
+# it may be that some of the other multilibs are.
+if test $cross_compiling = no && test $multilib = yes \
+   && test "x${with_multisubdir}" != x ; then
+   cross_compiling=maybe
+fi
+
+ac_config_commands="$ac_config_commands default-1"
+
+
 ac_config_files="$ac_config_files Makefile"
 
 cat >confcache <<\_ACEOF
@@ -3256,12 +3297,20 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 # INIT-COMMANDS
 #
 AMDEP_TRUE="$AMDEP_TRUE" ac_aux_dir="$ac_aux_dir"
-srcdir=${srcdir}
-target=${target}
-with_multisubdir=${with_multisubdir}
-ac_configure_args="${ac_configure_args} --enable-multilib"
-CONFIG_SHELL=${CONFIG_SHELL-/bin/sh}
 
+srcdir="$srcdir"
+host="$host"
+target="$target"
+with_multisubdir="$with_multisubdir"
+with_multisrctop="$with_multisrctop"
+with_target_subdir="$with_target_subdir"
+ac_configure_args="${multilib_arg} ${ac_configure_args}"
+multi_basedir="$multi_basedir"
+CONFIG_SHELL=${CONFIG_SHELL-/bin/sh}
+CC="$CC"
+CXX="$CXX"
+GFORTRAN="$GFORTRAN"
+GCJ="$GCJ"
 
 _ACEOF
 
@@ -3272,6 +3321,7 @@ for ac_config_target in $ac_config_targets
 do
   case $ac_config_target in
     "depfiles") CONFIG_COMMANDS="$CONFIG_COMMANDS depfiles" ;;
+    "default-1") CONFIG_COMMANDS="$CONFIG_COMMANDS default-1" ;;
     "Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES Makefile" ;;
 
   *) as_fn_error $? "invalid argument: \`$ac_config_target'" "$LINENO" 5;;
@@ -3828,7 +3878,14 @@ $as_echo X"$file" |
   done
 }
  ;;
-    "Makefile":F) . ${srcdir}/../../../config-ml.in ;;
+    "default-1":C)
+# Only add multilib support code if we just rebuilt the top-level
+# Makefile.
+case " $CONFIG_FILES " in
+ *" Makefile "*)
+   ac_file=Makefile . ${multi_basedir}/config-ml.in
+   ;;
+esac ;;
 
   esac
 done # for ac_tag
diff --git a/libgloss/aarch64/cpu-init/configure.ac b/libgloss/aarch64/cpu-init/configure.ac
index 91aa2211d..91f9c709a 100644
--- a/libgloss/aarch64/cpu-init/configure.ac
+++ b/libgloss/aarch64/cpu-init/configure.ac
@@ -28,12 +28,7 @@ host_makefile_frag_path=$host_makefile_frag
 AC_SUBST(host_makefile_frag_path)
 AC_SUBST_FILE(host_makefile_frag)
 
-AC_CONFIG_FILES(Makefile,
-. ${srcdir}/../../../config-ml.in,
-srcdir=${srcdir}
-target=${target}
-with_multisubdir=${with_multisubdir}
-ac_configure_args="${ac_configure_args} --enable-multilib"
-CONFIG_SHELL=${CONFIG_SHELL-/bin/sh}
-)
+AM_ENABLE_MULTILIB(, ../../..)
+
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile])
 AC_OUTPUT
diff --git a/libgloss/aclocal.m4 b/libgloss/aclocal.m4
index 3b8142a4b..6f7b7f7a7 100644
--- a/libgloss/aclocal.m4
+++ b/libgloss/aclocal.m4
@@ -1133,5 +1133,6 @@ AC_SUBST([am__untar])
 
 m4_include([../config/depstand.m4])
 m4_include([../config/lead-dot.m4])
+m4_include([../config/multi.m4])
 m4_include([../config/override.m4])
 m4_include([acinclude.m4])
diff --git a/libgloss/arm/aclocal.m4 b/libgloss/arm/aclocal.m4
index 24271f381..fab8217a4 100644
--- a/libgloss/arm/aclocal.m4
+++ b/libgloss/arm/aclocal.m4
@@ -379,5 +379,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE], [_AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE($@)])
 
 m4_include([../../config/depstand.m4])
 m4_include([../../config/lead-dot.m4])
+m4_include([../../config/multi.m4])
 m4_include([../../config/override.m4])
 m4_include([../acinclude.m4])
diff --git a/libgloss/arm/configure b/libgloss/arm/configure
index bfa8bdb3d..8e3866b56 100755
--- a/libgloss/arm/configure
+++ b/libgloss/arm/configure
@@ -584,6 +584,7 @@ PACKAGE_URL=
 ac_unique_file="redboot-crt0.S"
 ac_subst_vars='LTLIBOBJS
 LIBOBJS
+multi_basedir
 subdirs
 host_makefile_frag_path
 objtype
@@ -665,6 +666,7 @@ ac_user_opts='
 enable_option_checking
 enable_newlib_supplied_syscalls
 enable_dependency_tracking
+enable_multilib
 '
       ac_precious_vars='build_alias
 host_alias
@@ -1293,6 +1295,7 @@ Optional Features:
                           do not reject slow dependency extractors
   --disable-dependency-tracking
                           speeds up one-time build
+  --enable-multilib       build many library versions (default)
 
 Some influential environment variables:
   CCAS        assembler compiler command (defaults to CC)
@@ -2587,6 +2590,44 @@ if test -d "${srcdir}/cpu-init"; then
 
 fi
 
+# Default to --enable-multilib
+# Check whether --enable-multilib was given.
+if test "${enable_multilib+set}" = set; then :
+  enableval=$enable_multilib; case "$enableval" in
+  yes) multilib=yes ;;
+  no)  multilib=no ;;
+  *)   as_fn_error $? "bad value $enableval for multilib option" "$LINENO" 5 ;;
+ esac
+else
+  multilib=yes
+fi
+
+
+# We may get other options which we leave undocumented:
+# --with-target-subdir, --with-multisrctop, --with-multisubdir
+# See config-ml.in if you want the gory details.
+
+if test "$srcdir" = "."; then
+  if test "$with_target_subdir" != "."; then
+    multi_basedir="$srcdir/$with_multisrctop../../.."
+  else
+    multi_basedir="$srcdir/$with_multisrctop../.."
+  fi
+else
+  multi_basedir="$srcdir/../.."
+fi
+
+
+# Even if the default multilib is not a cross compilation,
+# it may be that some of the other multilibs are.
+if test $cross_compiling = no && test $multilib = yes \
+   && test "x${with_multisubdir}" != x ; then
+   cross_compiling=maybe
+fi
+
+ac_config_commands="$ac_config_commands default-1"
+
+
 ac_config_files="$ac_config_files Makefile"
 
 cat >confcache <<\_ACEOF
@@ -3303,18 +3344,20 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 # INIT-COMMANDS
 #
 AMDEP_TRUE="$AMDEP_TRUE" ac_aux_dir="$ac_aux_dir"
-srcdir=${srcdir}
-  target=${target}
-  with_multisubdir=${with_multisubdir}
-  ac_configure_args="${ac_configure_args} --enable-multilib"
-  CONFIG_SHELL=${CONFIG_SHELL-/bin/sh}
 
-srcdir=${srcdir}
-target=${target}
-with_multisubdir=${with_multisubdir}
-ac_configure_args="${ac_configure_args} --enable-multilib"
+srcdir="$srcdir"
+host="$host"
+target="$target"
+with_multisubdir="$with_multisubdir"
+with_multisrctop="$with_multisrctop"
+with_target_subdir="$with_target_subdir"
+ac_configure_args="${multilib_arg} ${ac_configure_args}"
+multi_basedir="$multi_basedir"
 CONFIG_SHELL=${CONFIG_SHELL-/bin/sh}
-
+CC="$CC"
+CXX="$CXX"
+GFORTRAN="$GFORTRAN"
+GCJ="$GCJ"
 
 _ACEOF
 
@@ -3326,6 +3369,7 @@ do
   case $ac_config_target in
     "depfiles") CONFIG_COMMANDS="$CONFIG_COMMANDS depfiles" ;;
     "cpu-init/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES cpu-init/Makefile" ;;
+    "default-1") CONFIG_COMMANDS="$CONFIG_COMMANDS default-1" ;;
     "Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES Makefile" ;;
 
   *) as_fn_error $? "invalid argument: \`$ac_config_target'" "$LINENO" 5;;
@@ -3882,8 +3926,14 @@ $as_echo X"$file" |
   done
 }
  ;;
-    "cpu-init/Makefile":F) . ${srcdir}/../../config-ml.in ;;
-    "Makefile":F) . ${srcdir}/../../config-ml.in ;;
+    "default-1":C)
+# Only add multilib support code if we just rebuilt the top-level
+# Makefile.
+case " $CONFIG_FILES " in
+ *" Makefile "*)
+   ac_file=Makefile . ${multi_basedir}/config-ml.in
+   ;;
+esac ;;
 
   esac
 done # for ac_tag
@@ -3922,4 +3972,3 @@ if test -n "$ac_unrecognized_opts" && test "$enable_option_checking" != no; then
 $as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: unrecognized options: $ac_unrecognized_opts" >&2;}
 fi
 
-
diff --git a/libgloss/arm/configure.ac b/libgloss/arm/configure.ac
index 806020b04..2b98b5453 100644
--- a/libgloss/arm/configure.ac
+++ b/libgloss/arm/configure.ac
@@ -62,24 +62,11 @@ AC_SUBST_FILE(host_makefile_frag)
 # Configure cpu init plug-ins
 if test -d "${srcdir}/cpu-init"; then
   subdirs="${subdirs} cpu-init"
-  AC_CONFIG_FILES(cpu-init/Makefile,
-  . ${srcdir}/../../config-ml.in,
-  srcdir=${srcdir}
-  target=${target}
-  with_multisubdir=${with_multisubdir}
-  ac_configure_args="${ac_configure_args} --enable-multilib"
-  CONFIG_SHELL=${CONFIG_SHELL-/bin/sh}
-  )
+  AC_CONFIG_FILES([cpu-init/Makefile])
   AC_SUBST(subdirs)
 fi
 
-AC_CONFIG_FILES(Makefile,
-. ${srcdir}/../../config-ml.in,
-srcdir=${srcdir}
-target=${target}
-with_multisubdir=${with_multisubdir}
-ac_configure_args="${ac_configure_args} --enable-multilib"
-CONFIG_SHELL=${CONFIG_SHELL-/bin/sh}
-)
-AC_OUTPUT
+AM_ENABLE_MULTILIB(, ../..)
 
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile])
+AC_OUTPUT
diff --git a/libgloss/configure b/libgloss/configure
index d197679ac..3fc20d6a2 100755
--- a/libgloss/configure
+++ b/libgloss/configure
@@ -587,6 +587,7 @@ ac_subst_vars='am__EXEEXT_FALSE
 am__EXEEXT_TRUE
 LTLIBOBJS
 LIBOBJS
+multi_basedir
 target_makefile_frag_path
 host_makefile_frag_path
 CPP
@@ -697,6 +698,7 @@ ac_user_opts='
 enable_option_checking
 enable_silent_rules
 enable_dependency_tracking
+enable_multilib
 '
       ac_precious_vars='build_alias
 host_alias
@@ -1345,6 +1347,7 @@ Optional Features:
                           do not reject slow dependency extractors
   --disable-dependency-tracking
                           speeds up one-time build
+  --enable-multilib       build many library versions (default)
 
 Some influential environment variables:
   CCAS        assembler compiler command (defaults to CC)
@@ -4791,13 +4794,44 @@ target_makefile_frag_path=$target_makefile_frag
 
 
 
-if test "${multilib}" = "yes"; then
-  multilib_arg="--enable-multilib"
+# Default to --enable-multilib
+# Check whether --enable-multilib was given.
+if test "${enable_multilib+set}" = set; then :
+  enableval=$enable_multilib; case "$enableval" in
+  yes) multilib=yes ;;
+  no)  multilib=no ;;
+  *)   as_fn_error $? "bad value $enableval for multilib option" "$LINENO" 5 ;;
+ esac
 else
-  multilib_arg=
+  multilib=yes
 fi
 
-# for now, only add multilibs for specific targets
+
+# We may get other options which we leave undocumented:
+# --with-target-subdir, --with-multisrctop, --with-multisubdir
+# See config-ml.in if you want the gory details.
+
+if test "$srcdir" = "."; then
+  if test "$with_target_subdir" != "."; then
+    multi_basedir="$srcdir/$with_multisrctop../.."
+  else
+    multi_basedir="$srcdir/$with_multisrctop.."
+  fi
+else
+  multi_basedir="$srcdir/.."
+fi
+
+
+# Even if the default multilib is not a cross compilation,
+# it may be that some of the other multilibs are.
+if test $cross_compiling = no && test $multilib = yes \
+   && test "x${with_multisubdir}" != x ; then
+   cross_compiling=maybe
+fi
+
+ac_config_commands="$ac_config_commands default-1"
+
+
 ac_config_files="$ac_config_files Makefile"
 
 cat >confcache <<\_ACEOF
@@ -5520,15 +5554,20 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 # INIT-COMMANDS
 #
 AMDEP_TRUE="$AMDEP_TRUE" ac_aux_dir="$ac_aux_dir"
-srcdir=${srcdir}
-target=${target}
-host=${host}
-with_multisubdir=${with_multisubdir}
-ac_configure_args="--enable-multilib ${ac_configure_args}"
-CONFIG_SHELL=${CONFIG_SHELL-/bin/sh}
-CC="${CC}"
-LDFLAGS=${LDFLAGS}
 
+srcdir="$srcdir"
+host="$host"
+target="$target"
+with_multisubdir="$with_multisubdir"
+with_multisrctop="$with_multisrctop"
+with_target_subdir="$with_target_subdir"
+ac_configure_args="${multilib_arg} ${ac_configure_args}"
+multi_basedir="$multi_basedir"
+CONFIG_SHELL=${CONFIG_SHELL-/bin/sh}
+CC="$CC"
+CXX="$CXX"
+GFORTRAN="$GFORTRAN"
+GCJ="$GCJ"
 
 _ACEOF
 
@@ -5578,6 +5617,7 @@ do
     "nios2/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES nios2/Makefile" ;;
     "libnosys/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES libnosys/Makefile" ;;
     "depfiles") CONFIG_COMMANDS="$CONFIG_COMMANDS depfiles" ;;
+    "default-1") CONFIG_COMMANDS="$CONFIG_COMMANDS default-1" ;;
     "Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES Makefile" ;;
 
   *) as_fn_error $? "invalid argument: \`$ac_config_target'" "$LINENO" 5;;
@@ -6306,10 +6346,14 @@ $as_echo X"$file" |
   done
 }
  ;;
-    "Makefile":F) if test -n "$CONFIG_FILES"; then
-  unset ac_file
-  . ${srcdir}/../config-ml.in
-fi ;;
+    "default-1":C)
+# Only add multilib support code if we just rebuilt the top-level
+# Makefile.
+case " $CONFIG_FILES " in
+ *" Makefile "*)
+   ac_file=Makefile . ${multi_basedir}/config-ml.in
+   ;;
+esac ;;
 
   esac
 done # for ac_tag
@@ -6493,5 +6537,3 @@ if test -n "$ac_unrecognized_opts" && test "$enable_option_checking" != no; then
 $as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: unrecognized options: $ac_unrecognized_opts" >&2;}
 fi
 
-
-
diff --git a/libgloss/configure.ac b/libgloss/configure.ac
index c65a3655a..ac812c69b 100644
--- a/libgloss/configure.ac
+++ b/libgloss/configure.ac
@@ -330,27 +330,7 @@ target_makefile_frag_path=$target_makefile_frag
 AC_SUBST(target_makefile_frag_path)
 AC_SUBST_FILE(target_makefile_frag)
 
-if test "${multilib}" = "yes"; then
-  multilib_arg="--enable-multilib"
-else
-  multilib_arg=
-fi
+AM_ENABLE_MULTILIB(, ..)
 
-# for now, only add multilibs for specific targets
-AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile],
-[if test -n "$CONFIG_FILES"; then
-  unset ac_file
-  . ${srcdir}/../config-ml.in
-fi],
-srcdir=${srcdir}
-target=${target}
-host=${host}
-with_multisubdir=${with_multisubdir}
-ac_configure_args="--enable-multilib ${ac_configure_args}"
-CONFIG_SHELL=${CONFIG_SHELL-/bin/sh}
-CC="${CC}"
-LDFLAGS=${LDFLAGS}
-)
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile])
 AC_OUTPUT
-
-
diff --git a/libgloss/csky/aclocal.m4 b/libgloss/csky/aclocal.m4
index 24271f381..fab8217a4 100644
--- a/libgloss/csky/aclocal.m4
+++ b/libgloss/csky/aclocal.m4
@@ -379,5 +379,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE], [_AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE($@)])
 
 m4_include([../../config/depstand.m4])
 m4_include([../../config/lead-dot.m4])
+m4_include([../../config/multi.m4])
 m4_include([../../config/override.m4])
 m4_include([../acinclude.m4])
diff --git a/libgloss/csky/configure b/libgloss/csky/configure
index 672876a35..98ca17fa4 100755
--- a/libgloss/csky/configure
+++ b/libgloss/csky/configure
@@ -584,6 +584,7 @@ PACKAGE_URL=
 ac_unique_file="crt0.S"
 ac_subst_vars='LTLIBOBJS
 LIBOBJS
+multi_basedir
 target_makefile_frag_path
 host_makefile_frag_path
 DO
@@ -670,6 +671,7 @@ target_makefile_frag'
 ac_user_opts='
 enable_option_checking
 enable_dependency_tracking
+enable_multilib
 '
       ac_precious_vars='build_alias
 host_alias
@@ -1303,6 +1305,7 @@ Optional Features:
                           do not reject slow dependency extractors
   --disable-dependency-tracking
                           speeds up one-time build
+  --enable-multilib       build many library versions (default)
 
 Some influential environment variables:
   CCAS        assembler compiler command (defaults to CC)
@@ -3577,6 +3580,44 @@ target_makefile_frag_path=$target_makefile_frag
 
 
 
+# Default to --enable-multilib
+# Check whether --enable-multilib was given.
+if test "${enable_multilib+set}" = set; then :
+  enableval=$enable_multilib; case "$enableval" in
+  yes) multilib=yes ;;
+  no)  multilib=no ;;
+  *)   as_fn_error $? "bad value $enableval for multilib option" "$LINENO" 5 ;;
+ esac
+else
+  multilib=yes
+fi
+
+
+# We may get other options which we leave undocumented:
+# --with-target-subdir, --with-multisrctop, --with-multisubdir
+# See config-ml.in if you want the gory details.
+
+if test "$srcdir" = "."; then
+  if test "$with_target_subdir" != "."; then
+    multi_basedir="$srcdir/$with_multisrctop../../.."
+  else
+    multi_basedir="$srcdir/$with_multisrctop../.."
+  fi
+else
+  multi_basedir="$srcdir/../.."
+fi
+
+
+# Even if the default multilib is not a cross compilation,
+# it may be that some of the other multilibs are.
+if test $cross_compiling = no && test $multilib = yes \
+   && test "x${with_multisubdir}" != x ; then
+   cross_compiling=maybe
+fi
+
+ac_config_commands="$ac_config_commands default-1"
+
+
 ac_config_files="$ac_config_files Makefile"
 
 cat >confcache <<\_ACEOF
@@ -4293,12 +4334,20 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 # INIT-COMMANDS
 #
 AMDEP_TRUE="$AMDEP_TRUE" ac_aux_dir="$ac_aux_dir"
-srcdir=${srcdir}
-target=${target}
-with_multisubdir=${with_multisubdir}
-ac_configure_args="${ac_configure_args} --enable-multilib"
-CONFIG_SHELL=${CONFIG_SHELL-/bin/sh}
 
+srcdir="$srcdir"
+host="$host"
+target="$target"
+with_multisubdir="$with_multisubdir"
+with_multisrctop="$with_multisrctop"
+with_target_subdir="$with_target_subdir"
+ac_configure_args="${multilib_arg} ${ac_configure_args}"
+multi_basedir="$multi_basedir"
+CONFIG_SHELL=${CONFIG_SHELL-/bin/sh}
+CC="$CC"
+CXX="$CXX"
+GFORTRAN="$GFORTRAN"
+GCJ="$GCJ"
 
 _ACEOF
 
@@ -4309,6 +4358,7 @@ for ac_config_target in $ac_config_targets
 do
   case $ac_config_target in
     "depfiles") CONFIG_COMMANDS="$CONFIG_COMMANDS depfiles" ;;
+    "default-1") CONFIG_COMMANDS="$CONFIG_COMMANDS default-1" ;;
     "Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES Makefile" ;;
 
   *) as_fn_error $? "invalid argument: \`$ac_config_target'" "$LINENO" 5;;
@@ -4865,7 +4915,14 @@ $as_echo X"$file" |
   done
 }
  ;;
-    "Makefile":F) . ${srcdir}/../../config-ml.in ;;
+    "default-1":C)
+# Only add multilib support code if we just rebuilt the top-level
+# Makefile.
+case " $CONFIG_FILES " in
+ *" Makefile "*)
+   ac_file=Makefile . ${multi_basedir}/config-ml.in
+   ;;
+esac ;;
 
   esac
 done # for ac_tag
@@ -4904,4 +4961,3 @@ if test -n "$ac_unrecognized_opts" && test "$enable_option_checking" != no; then
 $as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: unrecognized options: $ac_unrecognized_opts" >&2;}
 fi
 
-
diff --git a/libgloss/csky/configure.ac b/libgloss/csky/configure.ac
index 0387ea46b..bb9a9195d 100644
--- a/libgloss/csky/configure.ac
+++ b/libgloss/csky/configure.ac
@@ -65,13 +65,7 @@ target_makefile_frag_path=$target_makefile_frag
 AC_SUBST(target_makefile_frag_path)
 AC_SUBST_FILE(target_makefile_frag)
 
-AC_CONFIG_FILES(Makefile,
-. ${srcdir}/../../config-ml.in,
-srcdir=${srcdir}
-target=${target}
-with_multisubdir=${with_multisubdir}
-ac_configure_args="${ac_configure_args} --enable-multilib"
-CONFIG_SHELL=${CONFIG_SHELL-/bin/sh}
-)
-AC_OUTPUT
+AM_ENABLE_MULTILIB(, ../..)
 
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile])
+AC_OUTPUT
diff --git a/libgloss/i386/aclocal.m4 b/libgloss/i386/aclocal.m4
index 24271f381..fab8217a4 100644
--- a/libgloss/i386/aclocal.m4
+++ b/libgloss/i386/aclocal.m4
@@ -379,5 +379,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE], [_AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE($@)])
 
 m4_include([../../config/depstand.m4])
 m4_include([../../config/lead-dot.m4])
+m4_include([../../config/multi.m4])
 m4_include([../../config/override.m4])
 m4_include([../acinclude.m4])
diff --git a/libgloss/i386/configure b/libgloss/i386/configure
index 81026b7de..9f9e02bdf 100755
--- a/libgloss/i386/configure
+++ b/libgloss/i386/configure
@@ -584,6 +584,7 @@ PACKAGE_URL=
 ac_unique_file="cygmon-salib.c"
 ac_subst_vars='LTLIBOBJS
 LIBOBJS
+multi_basedir
 host_makefile_frag_path
 CCASFLAGS
 CCAS
@@ -663,6 +664,7 @@ ac_subst_files='host_makefile_frag'
 ac_user_opts='
 enable_option_checking
 enable_dependency_tracking
+enable_multilib
 '
       ac_precious_vars='build_alias
 host_alias
@@ -1290,6 +1292,7 @@ Optional Features:
                           do not reject slow dependency extractors
   --disable-dependency-tracking
                           speeds up one-time build
+  --enable-multilib       build many library versions (default)
 
 Some influential environment variables:
   CCAS        assembler compiler command (defaults to CC)
@@ -2555,6 +2558,44 @@ host_makefile_frag_path=$host_makefile_frag
 
 
 
+# Default to --enable-multilib
+# Check whether --enable-multilib was given.
+if test "${enable_multilib+set}" = set; then :
+  enableval=$enable_multilib; case "$enableval" in
+  yes) multilib=yes ;;
+  no)  multilib=no ;;
+  *)   as_fn_error $? "bad value $enableval for multilib option" "$LINENO" 5 ;;
+ esac
+else
+  multilib=yes
+fi
+
+
+# We may get other options which we leave undocumented:
+# --with-target-subdir, --with-multisrctop, --with-multisubdir
+# See config-ml.in if you want the gory details.
+
+if test "$srcdir" = "."; then
+  if test "$with_target_subdir" != "."; then
+    multi_basedir="$srcdir/$with_multisrctop../../.."
+  else
+    multi_basedir="$srcdir/$with_multisrctop../.."
+  fi
+else
+  multi_basedir="$srcdir/../.."
+fi
+
+
+# Even if the default multilib is not a cross compilation,
+# it may be that some of the other multilibs are.
+if test $cross_compiling = no && test $multilib = yes \
+   && test "x${with_multisubdir}" != x ; then
+   cross_compiling=maybe
+fi
+
+ac_config_commands="$ac_config_commands default-1"
+
+
 ac_config_files="$ac_config_files Makefile"
 
 cat >confcache <<\_ACEOF
@@ -3271,12 +3312,20 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 # INIT-COMMANDS
 #
 AMDEP_TRUE="$AMDEP_TRUE" ac_aux_dir="$ac_aux_dir"
-srcdir=${srcdir}
-target=${target}
-with_multisubdir=${with_multisubdir}
-ac_configure_args="${ac_configure_args} --enable-multilib"
-CONFIG_SHELL=${CONFIG_SHELL-/bin/sh}
 
+srcdir="$srcdir"
+host="$host"
+target="$target"
+with_multisubdir="$with_multisubdir"
+with_multisrctop="$with_multisrctop"
+with_target_subdir="$with_target_subdir"
+ac_configure_args="${multilib_arg} ${ac_configure_args}"
+multi_basedir="$multi_basedir"
+CONFIG_SHELL=${CONFIG_SHELL-/bin/sh}
+CC="$CC"
+CXX="$CXX"
+GFORTRAN="$GFORTRAN"
+GCJ="$GCJ"
 
 _ACEOF
 
@@ -3287,6 +3336,7 @@ for ac_config_target in $ac_config_targets
 do
   case $ac_config_target in
     "depfiles") CONFIG_COMMANDS="$CONFIG_COMMANDS depfiles" ;;
+    "default-1") CONFIG_COMMANDS="$CONFIG_COMMANDS default-1" ;;
     "Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES Makefile" ;;
 
   *) as_fn_error $? "invalid argument: \`$ac_config_target'" "$LINENO" 5;;
@@ -3843,7 +3893,14 @@ $as_echo X"$file" |
   done
 }
  ;;
-    "Makefile":F) . ${srcdir}/../../config-ml.in ;;
+    "default-1":C)
+# Only add multilib support code if we just rebuilt the top-level
+# Makefile.
+case " $CONFIG_FILES " in
+ *" Makefile "*)
+   ac_file=Makefile . ${multi_basedir}/config-ml.in
+   ;;
+esac ;;
 
   esac
 done # for ac_tag
diff --git a/libgloss/i386/configure.ac b/libgloss/i386/configure.ac
index 895e4476e..e03620770 100644
--- a/libgloss/i386/configure.ac
+++ b/libgloss/i386/configure.ac
@@ -53,12 +53,7 @@ host_makefile_frag_path=$host_makefile_frag
 AC_SUBST(host_makefile_frag_path)
 AC_SUBST_FILE(host_makefile_frag)
 
-AC_CONFIG_FILES(Makefile,
-. ${srcdir}/../../config-ml.in,
-srcdir=${srcdir}
-target=${target}
-with_multisubdir=${with_multisubdir}
-ac_configure_args="${ac_configure_args} --enable-multilib"
-CONFIG_SHELL=${CONFIG_SHELL-/bin/sh}
-)
+AM_ENABLE_MULTILIB(, ../..)
+
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile])
 AC_OUTPUT
diff --git a/libgloss/m68k/aclocal.m4 b/libgloss/m68k/aclocal.m4
index 24271f381..fab8217a4 100644
--- a/libgloss/m68k/aclocal.m4
+++ b/libgloss/m68k/aclocal.m4
@@ -379,5 +379,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE], [_AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE($@)])
 
 m4_include([../../config/depstand.m4])
 m4_include([../../config/lead-dot.m4])
+m4_include([../../config/multi.m4])
 m4_include([../../config/override.m4])
 m4_include([../acinclude.m4])
diff --git a/libgloss/m68k/configure b/libgloss/m68k/configure
index 2b3e5682c..2a9d3f2ae 100755
--- a/libgloss/m68k/configure
+++ b/libgloss/m68k/configure
@@ -584,6 +584,7 @@ PACKAGE_URL=
 ac_unique_file="crt0.S"
 ac_subst_vars='LTLIBOBJS
 LIBOBJS
+multi_basedir
 target_makefile_frag_path
 host_makefile_frag_path
 DO
@@ -670,6 +671,7 @@ target_makefile_frag'
 ac_user_opts='
 enable_option_checking
 enable_dependency_tracking
+enable_multilib
 '
       ac_precious_vars='build_alias
 host_alias
@@ -1303,6 +1305,7 @@ Optional Features:
                           do not reject slow dependency extractors
   --disable-dependency-tracking
                           speeds up one-time build
+  --enable-multilib       build many library versions (default)
 
 Some influential environment variables:
   CCAS        assembler compiler command (defaults to CC)
@@ -3577,6 +3580,44 @@ target_makefile_frag_path=$target_makefile_frag
 
 
 
+# Default to --enable-multilib
+# Check whether --enable-multilib was given.
+if test "${enable_multilib+set}" = set; then :
+  enableval=$enable_multilib; case "$enableval" in
+  yes) multilib=yes ;;
+  no)  multilib=no ;;
+  *)   as_fn_error $? "bad value $enableval for multilib option" "$LINENO" 5 ;;
+ esac
+else
+  multilib=yes
+fi
+
+
+# We may get other options which we leave undocumented:
+# --with-target-subdir, --with-multisrctop, --with-multisubdir
+# See config-ml.in if you want the gory details.
+
+if test "$srcdir" = "."; then
+  if test "$with_target_subdir" != "."; then
+    multi_basedir="$srcdir/$with_multisrctop../../.."
+  else
+    multi_basedir="$srcdir/$with_multisrctop../.."
+  fi
+else
+  multi_basedir="$srcdir/../.."
+fi
+
+
+# Even if the default multilib is not a cross compilation,
+# it may be that some of the other multilibs are.
+if test $cross_compiling = no && test $multilib = yes \
+   && test "x${with_multisubdir}" != x ; then
+   cross_compiling=maybe
+fi
+
+ac_config_commands="$ac_config_commands default-1"
+
+
 ac_config_files="$ac_config_files Makefile"
 
 cat >confcache <<\_ACEOF
@@ -4293,12 +4334,20 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 # INIT-COMMANDS
 #
 AMDEP_TRUE="$AMDEP_TRUE" ac_aux_dir="$ac_aux_dir"
-srcdir=${srcdir}
-target=${target}
-with_multisubdir=${with_multisubdir}
-ac_configure_args="${ac_configure_args} --enable-multilib"
-CONFIG_SHELL=${CONFIG_SHELL-/bin/sh}
 
+srcdir="$srcdir"
+host="$host"
+target="$target"
+with_multisubdir="$with_multisubdir"
+with_multisrctop="$with_multisrctop"
+with_target_subdir="$with_target_subdir"
+ac_configure_args="${multilib_arg} ${ac_configure_args}"
+multi_basedir="$multi_basedir"
+CONFIG_SHELL=${CONFIG_SHELL-/bin/sh}
+CC="$CC"
+CXX="$CXX"
+GFORTRAN="$GFORTRAN"
+GCJ="$GCJ"
 
 _ACEOF
 
@@ -4309,6 +4358,7 @@ for ac_config_target in $ac_config_targets
 do
   case $ac_config_target in
     "depfiles") CONFIG_COMMANDS="$CONFIG_COMMANDS depfiles" ;;
+    "default-1") CONFIG_COMMANDS="$CONFIG_COMMANDS default-1" ;;
     "Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES Makefile" ;;
 
   *) as_fn_error $? "invalid argument: \`$ac_config_target'" "$LINENO" 5;;
@@ -4865,7 +4915,14 @@ $as_echo X"$file" |
   done
 }
  ;;
-    "Makefile":F) . ${srcdir}/../../config-ml.in ;;
+    "default-1":C)
+# Only add multilib support code if we just rebuilt the top-level
+# Makefile.
+case " $CONFIG_FILES " in
+ *" Makefile "*)
+   ac_file=Makefile . ${multi_basedir}/config-ml.in
+   ;;
+esac ;;
 
   esac
 done # for ac_tag
@@ -4904,4 +4961,3 @@ if test -n "$ac_unrecognized_opts" && test "$enable_option_checking" != no; then
 $as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: unrecognized options: $ac_unrecognized_opts" >&2;}
 fi
 
-
diff --git a/libgloss/m68k/configure.ac b/libgloss/m68k/configure.ac
index 53615ffc6..de35d7934 100644
--- a/libgloss/m68k/configure.ac
+++ b/libgloss/m68k/configure.ac
@@ -65,13 +65,7 @@ target_makefile_frag_path=$target_makefile_frag
 AC_SUBST(target_makefile_frag_path)
 AC_SUBST_FILE(target_makefile_frag)
 
-AC_CONFIG_FILES(Makefile,
-. ${srcdir}/../../config-ml.in,
-srcdir=${srcdir}
-target=${target}
-with_multisubdir=${with_multisubdir}
-ac_configure_args="${ac_configure_args} --enable-multilib"
-CONFIG_SHELL=${CONFIG_SHELL-/bin/sh}
-)
-AC_OUTPUT
+AM_ENABLE_MULTILIB(, ../..)
 
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile])
+AC_OUTPUT
diff --git a/libgloss/mcore/aclocal.m4 b/libgloss/mcore/aclocal.m4
index 24271f381..fab8217a4 100644
--- a/libgloss/mcore/aclocal.m4
+++ b/libgloss/mcore/aclocal.m4
@@ -379,5 +379,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE], [_AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE($@)])
 
 m4_include([../../config/depstand.m4])
 m4_include([../../config/lead-dot.m4])
+m4_include([../../config/multi.m4])
 m4_include([../../config/override.m4])
 m4_include([../acinclude.m4])
diff --git a/libgloss/mcore/configure b/libgloss/mcore/configure
index 62f9f6926..840f4a959 100755
--- a/libgloss/mcore/configure
+++ b/libgloss/mcore/configure
@@ -584,6 +584,7 @@ PACKAGE_URL=
 ac_unique_file="crt0.S"
 ac_subst_vars='LTLIBOBJS
 LIBOBJS
+multi_basedir
 host_makefile_frag_path
 bsp_prefix
 CCASFLAGS
@@ -661,6 +662,7 @@ ac_subst_files='host_makefile_frag'
 ac_user_opts='
 enable_option_checking
 enable_dependency_tracking
+enable_multilib
 '
       ac_precious_vars='build_alias
 host_alias
@@ -1288,6 +1290,7 @@ Optional Features:
                           do not reject slow dependency extractors
   --disable-dependency-tracking
                           speeds up one-time build
+  --enable-multilib       build many library versions (default)
 
 Some influential environment variables:
   CCAS        assembler compiler command (defaults to CC)
@@ -2552,6 +2555,44 @@ host_makefile_frag_path=$host_makefile_frag
 
 
 
+# Default to --enable-multilib
+# Check whether --enable-multilib was given.
+if test "${enable_multilib+set}" = set; then :
+  enableval=$enable_multilib; case "$enableval" in
+  yes) multilib=yes ;;
+  no)  multilib=no ;;
+  *)   as_fn_error $? "bad value $enableval for multilib option" "$LINENO" 5 ;;
+ esac
+else
+  multilib=yes
+fi
+
+
+# We may get other options which we leave undocumented:
+# --with-target-subdir, --with-multisrctop, --with-multisubdir
+# See config-ml.in if you want the gory details.
+
+if test "$srcdir" = "."; then
+  if test "$with_target_subdir" != "."; then
+    multi_basedir="$srcdir/$with_multisrctop../../.."
+  else
+    multi_basedir="$srcdir/$with_multisrctop../.."
+  fi
+else
+  multi_basedir="$srcdir/../.."
+fi
+
+
+# Even if the default multilib is not a cross compilation,
+# it may be that some of the other multilibs are.
+if test $cross_compiling = no && test $multilib = yes \
+   && test "x${with_multisubdir}" != x ; then
+   cross_compiling=maybe
+fi
+
+ac_config_commands="$ac_config_commands default-1"
+
+
 ac_config_files="$ac_config_files Makefile"
 
 cat >confcache <<\_ACEOF
@@ -3268,12 +3309,20 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 # INIT-COMMANDS
 #
 AMDEP_TRUE="$AMDEP_TRUE" ac_aux_dir="$ac_aux_dir"
-srcdir=${srcdir}
-target=${target}
-with_multisubdir=${with_multisubdir}
-ac_configure_args="${ac_configure_args} --enable-multilib"
-CONFIG_SHELL=${CONFIG_SHELL-/bin/sh}
 
+srcdir="$srcdir"
+host="$host"
+target="$target"
+with_multisubdir="$with_multisubdir"
+with_multisrctop="$with_multisrctop"
+with_target_subdir="$with_target_subdir"
+ac_configure_args="${multilib_arg} ${ac_configure_args}"
+multi_basedir="$multi_basedir"
+CONFIG_SHELL=${CONFIG_SHELL-/bin/sh}
+CC="$CC"
+CXX="$CXX"
+GFORTRAN="$GFORTRAN"
+GCJ="$GCJ"
 
 _ACEOF
 
@@ -3284,6 +3333,7 @@ for ac_config_target in $ac_config_targets
 do
   case $ac_config_target in
     "depfiles") CONFIG_COMMANDS="$CONFIG_COMMANDS depfiles" ;;
+    "default-1") CONFIG_COMMANDS="$CONFIG_COMMANDS default-1" ;;
     "Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES Makefile" ;;
 
   *) as_fn_error $? "invalid argument: \`$ac_config_target'" "$LINENO" 5;;
@@ -3840,7 +3890,14 @@ $as_echo X"$file" |
   done
 }
  ;;
-    "Makefile":F) . ${srcdir}/../../config-ml.in ;;
+    "default-1":C)
+# Only add multilib support code if we just rebuilt the top-level
+# Makefile.
+case " $CONFIG_FILES " in
+ *" Makefile "*)
+   ac_file=Makefile . ${multi_basedir}/config-ml.in
+   ;;
+esac ;;
 
   esac
 done # for ac_tag
diff --git a/libgloss/mcore/configure.ac b/libgloss/mcore/configure.ac
index a314d4ee3..f6b3f0096 100644
--- a/libgloss/mcore/configure.ac
+++ b/libgloss/mcore/configure.ac
@@ -39,12 +39,7 @@ host_makefile_frag_path=$host_makefile_frag
 AC_SUBST(host_makefile_frag_path)
 AC_SUBST_FILE(host_makefile_frag)
 
-AC_CONFIG_FILES(Makefile,
-. ${srcdir}/../../config-ml.in,
-srcdir=${srcdir}
-target=${target}
-with_multisubdir=${with_multisubdir}
-ac_configure_args="${ac_configure_args} --enable-multilib"
-CONFIG_SHELL=${CONFIG_SHELL-/bin/sh}
-)
+AM_ENABLE_MULTILIB(, ../..)
+
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile])
 AC_OUTPUT
diff --git a/libgloss/mips/aclocal.m4 b/libgloss/mips/aclocal.m4
index 24271f381..fab8217a4 100644
--- a/libgloss/mips/aclocal.m4
+++ b/libgloss/mips/aclocal.m4
@@ -379,5 +379,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE], [_AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE($@)])
 
 m4_include([../../config/depstand.m4])
 m4_include([../../config/lead-dot.m4])
+m4_include([../../config/multi.m4])
 m4_include([../../config/override.m4])
 m4_include([../acinclude.m4])
diff --git a/libgloss/mips/configure b/libgloss/mips/configure
index 2026f0aef..8b035f427 100755
--- a/libgloss/mips/configure
+++ b/libgloss/mips/configure
@@ -584,6 +584,7 @@ PACKAGE_URL=
 ac_unique_file="crt0.S"
 ac_subst_vars='LTLIBOBJS
 LIBOBJS
+multi_basedir
 pcrt0
 crt0
 bsp_list
@@ -668,6 +669,7 @@ target_makefile_frag'
 ac_user_opts='
 enable_option_checking
 enable_dependency_tracking
+enable_multilib
 '
       ac_precious_vars='build_alias
 host_alias
@@ -1295,6 +1297,7 @@ Optional Features:
                           do not reject slow dependency extractors
   --disable-dependency-tracking
                           speeds up one-time build
+  --enable-multilib       build many library versions (default)
 
 Some influential environment variables:
   CCAS        assembler compiler command (defaults to CC)
@@ -2604,6 +2607,44 @@ target_makefile_frag_path=$target_makefile_frag
 
 
 
+# Default to --enable-multilib
+# Check whether --enable-multilib was given.
+if test "${enable_multilib+set}" = set; then :
+  enableval=$enable_multilib; case "$enableval" in
+  yes) multilib=yes ;;
+  no)  multilib=no ;;
+  *)   as_fn_error $? "bad value $enableval for multilib option" "$LINENO" 5 ;;
+ esac
+else
+  multilib=yes
+fi
+
+
+# We may get other options which we leave undocumented:
+# --with-target-subdir, --with-multisrctop, --with-multisubdir
+# See config-ml.in if you want the gory details.
+
+if test "$srcdir" = "."; then
+  if test "$with_target_subdir" != "."; then
+    multi_basedir="$srcdir/$with_multisrctop../../.."
+  else
+    multi_basedir="$srcdir/$with_multisrctop../.."
+  fi
+else
+  multi_basedir="$srcdir/../.."
+fi
+
+
+# Even if the default multilib is not a cross compilation,
+# it may be that some of the other multilibs are.
+if test $cross_compiling = no && test $multilib = yes \
+   && test "x${with_multisubdir}" != x ; then
+   cross_compiling=maybe
+fi
+
+ac_config_commands="$ac_config_commands default-1"
+
+
 ac_config_files="$ac_config_files Makefile"
 
 cat >confcache <<\_ACEOF
@@ -3320,12 +3361,20 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 # INIT-COMMANDS
 #
 AMDEP_TRUE="$AMDEP_TRUE" ac_aux_dir="$ac_aux_dir"
-srcdir=${srcdir}
-target=${target}
-with_multisubdir=${with_multisubdir}
-ac_configure_args="${ac_configure_args} --enable-multilib"
-CONFIG_SHELL=${CONFIG_SHELL-/bin/sh}
 
+srcdir="$srcdir"
+host="$host"
+target="$target"
+with_multisubdir="$with_multisubdir"
+with_multisrctop="$with_multisrctop"
+with_target_subdir="$with_target_subdir"
+ac_configure_args="${multilib_arg} ${ac_configure_args}"
+multi_basedir="$multi_basedir"
+CONFIG_SHELL=${CONFIG_SHELL-/bin/sh}
+CC="$CC"
+CXX="$CXX"
+GFORTRAN="$GFORTRAN"
+GCJ="$GCJ"
 
 _ACEOF
 
@@ -3336,6 +3385,7 @@ for ac_config_target in $ac_config_targets
 do
   case $ac_config_target in
     "depfiles") CONFIG_COMMANDS="$CONFIG_COMMANDS depfiles" ;;
+    "default-1") CONFIG_COMMANDS="$CONFIG_COMMANDS default-1" ;;
     "Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES Makefile" ;;
 
   *) as_fn_error $? "invalid argument: \`$ac_config_target'" "$LINENO" 5;;
@@ -3892,7 +3942,14 @@ $as_echo X"$file" |
   done
 }
  ;;
-    "Makefile":F) . ${srcdir}/../../config-ml.in ;;
+    "default-1":C)
+# Only add multilib support code if we just rebuilt the top-level
+# Makefile.
+case " $CONFIG_FILES " in
+ *" Makefile "*)
+   ac_file=Makefile . ${multi_basedir}/config-ml.in
+   ;;
+esac ;;
 
   esac
 done # for ac_tag
diff --git a/libgloss/mips/configure.ac b/libgloss/mips/configure.ac
index a609233a6..ca99c7287 100644
--- a/libgloss/mips/configure.ac
+++ b/libgloss/mips/configure.ac
@@ -97,12 +97,7 @@ AC_SUBST(bsp_list)
 AC_SUBST(crt0)
 AC_SUBST(pcrt0)
 
-AC_CONFIG_FILES(Makefile,
-. ${srcdir}/../../config-ml.in,
-srcdir=${srcdir}
-target=${target}
-with_multisubdir=${with_multisubdir}
-ac_configure_args="${ac_configure_args} --enable-multilib"
-CONFIG_SHELL=${CONFIG_SHELL-/bin/sh}
-)
+AM_ENABLE_MULTILIB(, ../..)
+
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile])
 AC_OUTPUT
diff --git a/libgloss/mn10200/aclocal.m4 b/libgloss/mn10200/aclocal.m4
index 24271f381..fab8217a4 100644
--- a/libgloss/mn10200/aclocal.m4
+++ b/libgloss/mn10200/aclocal.m4
@@ -379,5 +379,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE], [_AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE($@)])
 
 m4_include([../../config/depstand.m4])
 m4_include([../../config/lead-dot.m4])
+m4_include([../../config/multi.m4])
 m4_include([../../config/override.m4])
 m4_include([../acinclude.m4])
diff --git a/libgloss/mn10200/configure b/libgloss/mn10200/configure
index 728c774fe..401064ff3 100755
--- a/libgloss/mn10200/configure
+++ b/libgloss/mn10200/configure
@@ -584,6 +584,7 @@ PACKAGE_URL=
 ac_unique_file="crt0.S"
 ac_subst_vars='LTLIBOBJS
 LIBOBJS
+multi_basedir
 part_specific_obj
 target_makefile_frag_path
 host_makefile_frag_path
@@ -663,6 +664,7 @@ target_makefile_frag'
 ac_user_opts='
 enable_option_checking
 enable_dependency_tracking
+enable_multilib
 '
       ac_precious_vars='build_alias
 host_alias
@@ -1290,6 +1292,7 @@ Optional Features:
                           do not reject slow dependency extractors
   --disable-dependency-tracking
                           speeds up one-time build
+  --enable-multilib       build many library versions (default)
 
 Some influential environment variables:
   CCAS        assembler compiler command (defaults to CC)
@@ -2554,6 +2557,44 @@ target_makefile_frag_path=$target_makefile_frag
 
 
 
+# Default to --enable-multilib
+# Check whether --enable-multilib was given.
+if test "${enable_multilib+set}" = set; then :
+  enableval=$enable_multilib; case "$enableval" in
+  yes) multilib=yes ;;
+  no)  multilib=no ;;
+  *)   as_fn_error $? "bad value $enableval for multilib option" "$LINENO" 5 ;;
+ esac
+else
+  multilib=yes
+fi
+
+
+# We may get other options which we leave undocumented:
+# --with-target-subdir, --with-multisrctop, --with-multisubdir
+# See config-ml.in if you want the gory details.
+
+if test "$srcdir" = "."; then
+  if test "$with_target_subdir" != "."; then
+    multi_basedir="$srcdir/$with_multisrctop../../.."
+  else
+    multi_basedir="$srcdir/$with_multisrctop../.."
+  fi
+else
+  multi_basedir="$srcdir/../.."
+fi
+
+
+# Even if the default multilib is not a cross compilation,
+# it may be that some of the other multilibs are.
+if test $cross_compiling = no && test $multilib = yes \
+   && test "x${with_multisubdir}" != x ; then
+   cross_compiling=maybe
+fi
+
+ac_config_commands="$ac_config_commands default-1"
+
+
 ac_config_files="$ac_config_files Makefile"
 
 cat >confcache <<\_ACEOF
@@ -3270,12 +3311,20 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 # INIT-COMMANDS
 #
 AMDEP_TRUE="$AMDEP_TRUE" ac_aux_dir="$ac_aux_dir"
-srcdir=${srcdir}
-target=${target}
-with_multisubdir=${with_multisubdir}
-ac_configure_args="${ac_configure_args} --enable-multilib"
-CONFIG_SHELL=${CONFIG_SHELL-/bin/sh}
 
+srcdir="$srcdir"
+host="$host"
+target="$target"
+with_multisubdir="$with_multisubdir"
+with_multisrctop="$with_multisrctop"
+with_target_subdir="$with_target_subdir"
+ac_configure_args="${multilib_arg} ${ac_configure_args}"
+multi_basedir="$multi_basedir"
+CONFIG_SHELL=${CONFIG_SHELL-/bin/sh}
+CC="$CC"
+CXX="$CXX"
+GFORTRAN="$GFORTRAN"
+GCJ="$GCJ"
 
 _ACEOF
 
@@ -3286,6 +3335,7 @@ for ac_config_target in $ac_config_targets
 do
   case $ac_config_target in
     "depfiles") CONFIG_COMMANDS="$CONFIG_COMMANDS depfiles" ;;
+    "default-1") CONFIG_COMMANDS="$CONFIG_COMMANDS default-1" ;;
     "Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES Makefile" ;;
 
   *) as_fn_error $? "invalid argument: \`$ac_config_target'" "$LINENO" 5;;
@@ -3842,7 +3892,14 @@ $as_echo X"$file" |
   done
 }
  ;;
-    "Makefile":F) . ${srcdir}/../../config-ml.in ;;
+    "default-1":C)
+# Only add multilib support code if we just rebuilt the top-level
+# Makefile.
+case " $CONFIG_FILES " in
+ *" Makefile "*)
+   ac_file=Makefile . ${multi_basedir}/config-ml.in
+   ;;
+esac ;;
 
   esac
 done # for ac_tag
@@ -3881,5 +3938,3 @@ if test -n "$ac_unrecognized_opts" && test "$enable_option_checking" != no; then
 $as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: unrecognized options: $ac_unrecognized_opts" >&2;}
 fi
 
-
-
diff --git a/libgloss/mn10200/configure.ac b/libgloss/mn10200/configure.ac
index 70dbd49d9..d5a0cc87a 100644
--- a/libgloss/mn10200/configure.ac
+++ b/libgloss/mn10200/configure.ac
@@ -52,14 +52,7 @@ AC_SUBST(target_makefile_frag_path)
 AC_SUBST_FILE(target_makefile_frag)
 AC_SUBST(part_specific_obj)
 
-AC_CONFIG_FILES(Makefile,
-. ${srcdir}/../../config-ml.in,
-srcdir=${srcdir}
-target=${target}
-with_multisubdir=${with_multisubdir}
-ac_configure_args="${ac_configure_args} --enable-multilib"
-CONFIG_SHELL=${CONFIG_SHELL-/bin/sh}
-)
+AM_ENABLE_MULTILIB(, ../..)
+
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile])
 AC_OUTPUT
-
-
diff --git a/libgloss/mn10300/aclocal.m4 b/libgloss/mn10300/aclocal.m4
index 24271f381..fab8217a4 100644
--- a/libgloss/mn10300/aclocal.m4
+++ b/libgloss/mn10300/aclocal.m4
@@ -379,5 +379,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE], [_AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE($@)])
 
 m4_include([../../config/depstand.m4])
 m4_include([../../config/lead-dot.m4])
+m4_include([../../config/multi.m4])
 m4_include([../../config/override.m4])
 m4_include([../acinclude.m4])
diff --git a/libgloss/mn10300/configure b/libgloss/mn10300/configure
index 971885587..4ddb539fa 100755
--- a/libgloss/mn10300/configure
+++ b/libgloss/mn10300/configure
@@ -584,6 +584,7 @@ PACKAGE_URL=
 ac_unique_file="crt0.S"
 ac_subst_vars='LTLIBOBJS
 LIBOBJS
+multi_basedir
 bsp_list
 script_list
 part_specific_obj
@@ -665,6 +666,7 @@ target_makefile_frag'
 ac_user_opts='
 enable_option_checking
 enable_dependency_tracking
+enable_multilib
 '
       ac_precious_vars='build_alias
 host_alias
@@ -1292,6 +1294,7 @@ Optional Features:
                           do not reject slow dependency extractors
   --disable-dependency-tracking
                           speeds up one-time build
+  --enable-multilib       build many library versions (default)
 
 Some influential environment variables:
   CCAS        assembler compiler command (defaults to CC)
@@ -2565,6 +2568,44 @@ target_makefile_frag_path=$target_makefile_frag
 
 
 
+# Default to --enable-multilib
+# Check whether --enable-multilib was given.
+if test "${enable_multilib+set}" = set; then :
+  enableval=$enable_multilib; case "$enableval" in
+  yes) multilib=yes ;;
+  no)  multilib=no ;;
+  *)   as_fn_error $? "bad value $enableval for multilib option" "$LINENO" 5 ;;
+ esac
+else
+  multilib=yes
+fi
+
+
+# We may get other options which we leave undocumented:
+# --with-target-subdir, --with-multisrctop, --with-multisubdir
+# See config-ml.in if you want the gory details.
+
+if test "$srcdir" = "."; then
+  if test "$with_target_subdir" != "."; then
+    multi_basedir="$srcdir/$with_multisrctop../../.."
+  else
+    multi_basedir="$srcdir/$with_multisrctop../.."
+  fi
+else
+  multi_basedir="$srcdir/../.."
+fi
+
+
+# Even if the default multilib is not a cross compilation,
+# it may be that some of the other multilibs are.
+if test $cross_compiling = no && test $multilib = yes \
+   && test "x${with_multisubdir}" != x ; then
+   cross_compiling=maybe
+fi
+
+ac_config_commands="$ac_config_commands default-1"
+
+
 ac_config_files="$ac_config_files Makefile"
 
 cat >confcache <<\_ACEOF
@@ -3281,12 +3322,20 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 # INIT-COMMANDS
 #
 AMDEP_TRUE="$AMDEP_TRUE" ac_aux_dir="$ac_aux_dir"
-srcdir=${srcdir}
-target=${target}
-with_multisubdir=${with_multisubdir}
-ac_configure_args="${ac_configure_args} --enable-multilib"
-CONFIG_SHELL=${CONFIG_SHELL-/bin/sh}
 
+srcdir="$srcdir"
+host="$host"
+target="$target"
+with_multisubdir="$with_multisubdir"
+with_multisrctop="$with_multisrctop"
+with_target_subdir="$with_target_subdir"
+ac_configure_args="${multilib_arg} ${ac_configure_args}"
+multi_basedir="$multi_basedir"
+CONFIG_SHELL=${CONFIG_SHELL-/bin/sh}
+CC="$CC"
+CXX="$CXX"
+GFORTRAN="$GFORTRAN"
+GCJ="$GCJ"
 
 _ACEOF
 
@@ -3297,6 +3346,7 @@ for ac_config_target in $ac_config_targets
 do
   case $ac_config_target in
     "depfiles") CONFIG_COMMANDS="$CONFIG_COMMANDS depfiles" ;;
+    "default-1") CONFIG_COMMANDS="$CONFIG_COMMANDS default-1" ;;
     "Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES Makefile" ;;
 
   *) as_fn_error $? "invalid argument: \`$ac_config_target'" "$LINENO" 5;;
@@ -3853,10 +3903,14 @@ $as_echo X"$file" |
   done
 }
  ;;
-    "Makefile":F) if test -n "$CONFIG_FILES"; then
-  unset ac_file
-  . ${srcdir}/../../config-ml.in
-fi ;;
+    "default-1":C)
+# Only add multilib support code if we just rebuilt the top-level
+# Makefile.
+case " $CONFIG_FILES " in
+ *" Makefile "*)
+   ac_file=Makefile . ${multi_basedir}/config-ml.in
+   ;;
+esac ;;
 
   esac
 done # for ac_tag
@@ -3895,5 +3949,3 @@ if test -n "$ac_unrecognized_opts" && test "$enable_option_checking" != no; then
 $as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: unrecognized options: $ac_unrecognized_opts" >&2;}
 fi
 
-
-
diff --git a/libgloss/mn10300/configure.ac b/libgloss/mn10300/configure.ac
index 9526576b0..88af0f948 100644
--- a/libgloss/mn10300/configure.ac
+++ b/libgloss/mn10300/configure.ac
@@ -61,17 +61,7 @@ AC_SUBST(part_specific_obj)
 AC_SUBST(script_list)
 AC_SUBST(bsp_list)
 
-AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile],
-[if test -n "$CONFIG_FILES"; then
-  unset ac_file
-  . ${srcdir}/../../config-ml.in
-fi],
-srcdir=${srcdir}
-target=${target}
-with_multisubdir=${with_multisubdir}
-ac_configure_args="${ac_configure_args} --enable-multilib"
-CONFIG_SHELL=${CONFIG_SHELL-/bin/sh}
-)
+AM_ENABLE_MULTILIB(, ../..)
+
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile])
 AC_OUTPUT
-
-
diff --git a/libgloss/moxie/aclocal.m4 b/libgloss/moxie/aclocal.m4
index 24271f381..fab8217a4 100644
--- a/libgloss/moxie/aclocal.m4
+++ b/libgloss/moxie/aclocal.m4
@@ -379,5 +379,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE], [_AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE($@)])
 
 m4_include([../../config/depstand.m4])
 m4_include([../../config/lead-dot.m4])
+m4_include([../../config/multi.m4])
 m4_include([../../config/override.m4])
 m4_include([../acinclude.m4])
diff --git a/libgloss/moxie/configure b/libgloss/moxie/configure
index db77f070a..5ce3f34a5 100755
--- a/libgloss/moxie/configure
+++ b/libgloss/moxie/configure
@@ -584,6 +584,7 @@ PACKAGE_URL=
 ac_unique_file="crt0.S"
 ac_subst_vars='LTLIBOBJS
 LIBOBJS
+multi_basedir
 host_makefile_frag_path
 BUILD_CRT0_FALSE
 BUILD_CRT0_TRUE
@@ -662,6 +663,7 @@ ac_subst_files='host_makefile_frag'
 ac_user_opts='
 enable_option_checking
 enable_dependency_tracking
+enable_multilib
 '
       ac_precious_vars='build_alias
 host_alias
@@ -1289,6 +1291,7 @@ Optional Features:
                           do not reject slow dependency extractors
   --disable-dependency-tracking
                           speeds up one-time build
+  --enable-multilib       build many library versions (default)
 
 Some influential environment variables:
   CCAS        assembler compiler command (defaults to CC)
@@ -2557,6 +2560,44 @@ host_makefile_frag_path=$host_makefile_frag
 
 
 
+# Default to --enable-multilib
+# Check whether --enable-multilib was given.
+if test "${enable_multilib+set}" = set; then :
+  enableval=$enable_multilib; case "$enableval" in
+  yes) multilib=yes ;;
+  no)  multilib=no ;;
+  *)   as_fn_error $? "bad value $enableval for multilib option" "$LINENO" 5 ;;
+ esac
+else
+  multilib=yes
+fi
+
+
+# We may get other options which we leave undocumented:
+# --with-target-subdir, --with-multisrctop, --with-multisubdir
+# See config-ml.in if you want the gory details.
+
+if test "$srcdir" = "."; then
+  if test "$with_target_subdir" != "."; then
+    multi_basedir="$srcdir/$with_multisrctop../../.."
+  else
+    multi_basedir="$srcdir/$with_multisrctop../.."
+  fi
+else
+  multi_basedir="$srcdir/../.."
+fi
+
+
+# Even if the default multilib is not a cross compilation,
+# it may be that some of the other multilibs are.
+if test $cross_compiling = no && test $multilib = yes \
+   && test "x${with_multisubdir}" != x ; then
+   cross_compiling=maybe
+fi
+
+ac_config_commands="$ac_config_commands default-1"
+
+
 ac_config_files="$ac_config_files Makefile"
 
 cat >confcache <<\_ACEOF
@@ -3273,12 +3314,20 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 # INIT-COMMANDS
 #
 AMDEP_TRUE="$AMDEP_TRUE" ac_aux_dir="$ac_aux_dir"
-srcdir=${srcdir}
-target=${target}
-with_multisubdir=${with_multisubdir}
-ac_configure_args="${ac_configure_args} --enable-multilib"
-CONFIG_SHELL=${CONFIG_SHELL-/bin/sh}
 
+srcdir="$srcdir"
+host="$host"
+target="$target"
+with_multisubdir="$with_multisubdir"
+with_multisrctop="$with_multisrctop"
+with_target_subdir="$with_target_subdir"
+ac_configure_args="${multilib_arg} ${ac_configure_args}"
+multi_basedir="$multi_basedir"
+CONFIG_SHELL=${CONFIG_SHELL-/bin/sh}
+CC="$CC"
+CXX="$CXX"
+GFORTRAN="$GFORTRAN"
+GCJ="$GCJ"
 
 _ACEOF
 
@@ -3289,6 +3338,7 @@ for ac_config_target in $ac_config_targets
 do
   case $ac_config_target in
     "depfiles") CONFIG_COMMANDS="$CONFIG_COMMANDS depfiles" ;;
+    "default-1") CONFIG_COMMANDS="$CONFIG_COMMANDS default-1" ;;
     "Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES Makefile" ;;
 
   *) as_fn_error $? "invalid argument: \`$ac_config_target'" "$LINENO" 5;;
@@ -3845,7 +3895,14 @@ $as_echo X"$file" |
   done
 }
  ;;
-    "Makefile":F) . ${srcdir}/../../config-ml.in ;;
+    "default-1":C)
+# Only add multilib support code if we just rebuilt the top-level
+# Makefile.
+case " $CONFIG_FILES " in
+ *" Makefile "*)
+   ac_file=Makefile . ${multi_basedir}/config-ml.in
+   ;;
+esac ;;
 
   esac
 done # for ac_tag
diff --git a/libgloss/moxie/configure.ac b/libgloss/moxie/configure.ac
index baf66ef49..f09d72b77 100644
--- a/libgloss/moxie/configure.ac
+++ b/libgloss/moxie/configure.ac
@@ -44,12 +44,7 @@ host_makefile_frag_path=$host_makefile_frag
 AC_SUBST(host_makefile_frag_path)
 AC_SUBST_FILE(host_makefile_frag)
 
-AC_CONFIG_FILES(Makefile,
-. ${srcdir}/../../config-ml.in,
-srcdir=${srcdir}
-target=${target}
-with_multisubdir=${with_multisubdir}
-ac_configure_args="${ac_configure_args} --enable-multilib"
-CONFIG_SHELL=${CONFIG_SHELL-/bin/sh}
-)
+AM_ENABLE_MULTILIB(, ../..)
+
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile])
 AC_OUTPUT
diff --git a/libgloss/sparc/aclocal.m4 b/libgloss/sparc/aclocal.m4
index 24271f381..fab8217a4 100644
--- a/libgloss/sparc/aclocal.m4
+++ b/libgloss/sparc/aclocal.m4
@@ -379,5 +379,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE], [_AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE($@)])
 
 m4_include([../../config/depstand.m4])
 m4_include([../../config/lead-dot.m4])
+m4_include([../../config/multi.m4])
 m4_include([../../config/override.m4])
 m4_include([../acinclude.m4])
diff --git a/libgloss/sparc/configure b/libgloss/sparc/configure
index d4da11635..1a1e6a01a 100755
--- a/libgloss/sparc/configure
+++ b/libgloss/sparc/configure
@@ -585,6 +585,7 @@ ac_unique_file="sparc-stub.c"
 enable_option_checking=no
 ac_subst_vars='LTLIBOBJS
 LIBOBJS
+multi_basedir
 CYGMONLDSCRIPTTEMPL
 target_makefile_frag_path
 host_makefile_frag_path
@@ -666,6 +667,7 @@ target_makefile_frag'
 ac_user_opts='
 enable_option_checking
 enable_dependency_tracking
+enable_multilib
 '
       ac_precious_vars='build_alias
 host_alias
@@ -1288,6 +1290,7 @@ Optional Features:
                           do not reject slow dependency extractors
   --disable-dependency-tracking
                           speeds up one-time build
+  --enable-multilib       build many library versions (default)
 
 Some influential environment variables:
   CCAS        assembler compiler command (defaults to CC)
@@ -2554,9 +2557,45 @@ target_makefile_frag_path=$target_makefile_frag
 
 
 
-ac_config_files="$ac_config_files Makefile"
+# Default to --enable-multilib
+# Check whether --enable-multilib was given.
+if test "${enable_multilib+set}" = set; then :
+  enableval=$enable_multilib; case "$enableval" in
+  yes) multilib=yes ;;
+  no)  multilib=no ;;
+  *)   as_fn_error $? "bad value $enableval for multilib option" "$LINENO" 5 ;;
+ esac
+else
+  multilib=yes
+fi
 
-ac_config_commands="$ac_config_commands default"
+
+# We may get other options which we leave undocumented:
+# --with-target-subdir, --with-multisrctop, --with-multisubdir
+# See config-ml.in if you want the gory details.
+
+if test "$srcdir" = "."; then
+  if test "$with_target_subdir" != "."; then
+    multi_basedir="$srcdir/$with_multisrctop../../.."
+  else
+    multi_basedir="$srcdir/$with_multisrctop../.."
+  fi
+else
+  multi_basedir="$srcdir/../.."
+fi
+
+
+# Even if the default multilib is not a cross compilation,
+# it may be that some of the other multilibs are.
+if test $cross_compiling = no && test $multilib = yes \
+   && test "x${with_multisubdir}" != x ; then
+   cross_compiling=maybe
+fi
+
+ac_config_commands="$ac_config_commands default-1"
+
+
+ac_config_files="$ac_config_files Makefile"
 
 cat >confcache <<\_ACEOF
 # This file is a shell script that caches the results of configure
@@ -3272,12 +3311,20 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 # INIT-COMMANDS
 #
 AMDEP_TRUE="$AMDEP_TRUE" ac_aux_dir="$ac_aux_dir"
-srcdir=${srcdir}
-target=${target}
-with_multisubdir=${with_multisubdir}
-ac_configure_args="${ac_configure_args} --enable-multilib"
-CONFIG_SHELL=${CONFIG_SHELL-/bin/sh}
 
+srcdir="$srcdir"
+host="$host"
+target="$target"
+with_multisubdir="$with_multisubdir"
+with_multisrctop="$with_multisrctop"
+with_target_subdir="$with_target_subdir"
+ac_configure_args="${multilib_arg} ${ac_configure_args}"
+multi_basedir="$multi_basedir"
+CONFIG_SHELL=${CONFIG_SHELL-/bin/sh}
+CC="$CC"
+CXX="$CXX"
+GFORTRAN="$GFORTRAN"
+GCJ="$GCJ"
 
 _ACEOF
 
@@ -3288,8 +3335,8 @@ for ac_config_target in $ac_config_targets
 do
   case $ac_config_target in
     "depfiles") CONFIG_COMMANDS="$CONFIG_COMMANDS depfiles" ;;
+    "default-1") CONFIG_COMMANDS="$CONFIG_COMMANDS default-1" ;;
     "Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES Makefile" ;;
-    "default") CONFIG_COMMANDS="$CONFIG_COMMANDS default" ;;
 
   *) as_fn_error $? "invalid argument: \`$ac_config_target'" "$LINENO" 5;;
   esac
@@ -3845,7 +3892,14 @@ $as_echo X"$file" |
   done
 }
  ;;
-    "default":C) . ${srcdir}/../../config-ml.in ;;
+    "default-1":C)
+# Only add multilib support code if we just rebuilt the top-level
+# Makefile.
+case " $CONFIG_FILES " in
+ *" Makefile "*)
+   ac_file=Makefile . ${multi_basedir}/config-ml.in
+   ;;
+esac ;;
 
   esac
 done # for ac_tag
@@ -4029,4 +4083,3 @@ if test -n "$ac_unrecognized_opts" && test "$enable_option_checking" != no; then
 $as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: unrecognized options: $ac_unrecognized_opts" >&2;}
 fi
 
-
diff --git a/libgloss/sparc/configure.ac b/libgloss/sparc/configure.ac
index 9a9b987da..56049d5b9 100644
--- a/libgloss/sparc/configure.ac
+++ b/libgloss/sparc/configure.ac
@@ -58,12 +58,7 @@ AC_SUBST(target_makefile_frag_path)
 AC_SUBST_FILE(target_makefile_frag)
 AC_SUBST(CYGMONLDSCRIPTTEMPL)
 
-AC_OUTPUT(Makefile,
-. ${srcdir}/../../config-ml.in,
-srcdir=${srcdir}
-target=${target}
-with_multisubdir=${with_multisubdir}
-ac_configure_args="${ac_configure_args} --enable-multilib"
-CONFIG_SHELL=${CONFIG_SHELL-/bin/sh}
-)
+AM_ENABLE_MULTILIB(, ../..)
 
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile])
+AC_OUTPUT