diff --git a/core/gcc/0001-ARMv5-disable-LDRD-STRD.patch b/core/gcc/0001-ARMv5-disable-LDRD-STRD.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..353898328
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/gcc/0001-ARMv5-disable-LDRD-STRD.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+From b1884b6d1950422a32f9ced0be6d5492e4315547 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Kevin Mihelich <kevin@archlinuxarm.org>
+Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2015 18:43:57 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH] ARMv5: disable LDRD/STRD
+
+---
+ gcc/config/arm/arm.h | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/gcc/config/arm/arm.h b/gcc/config/arm/arm.h
+index c60d9a4..65c60b9 100644
+--- a/gcc/config/arm/arm.h
++++ b/gcc/config/arm/arm.h
+@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ extern void (*arm_lang_output_object_attributes_hook)(void);
+ /* Thumb-1 only.  */
+ #define TARGET_THUMB1_ONLY		(TARGET_THUMB1 && !arm_arch_notm)
+ 
+-#define TARGET_LDRD			(arm_arch5e && ARM_DOUBLEWORD_ALIGN \
++#define TARGET_LDRD			(arm_arch6 && ARM_DOUBLEWORD_ALIGN \
+                                          && !TARGET_THUMB1)
+ 
+ #define TARGET_CRC32			(arm_arch_crc)
+-- 
+2.2.1
+
diff --git a/core/gcc/PKGBUILD b/core/gcc/PKGBUILD
index 881794486..4760f6e17 100644
--- a/core/gcc/PKGBUILD
+++ b/core/gcc/PKGBUILD
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #  - disabled make check, too much stress, kills plugs :(
 #  - specifid build host, disabled distcc
 #  - replaced bugurl with our GitHub issue page
+#  - patch to disable LDRD/STRD instructions on ARMv5
 
 noautobuild=1
 
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ pkgver=4.9.2
 _pkgver=4.9
 _islver=0.12.2
 _cloogver=0.18.1
-pkgrel=2
+pkgrel=2.1
 _snapshot=4.9-20141224
 pkgdesc="The GNU Compiler Collection"
 arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
@@ -31,11 +32,13 @@ source=(#ftp://gcc.gnu.org/pub/gcc/releases/gcc-${pkgver}/gcc-${pkgver}.tar.bz2
         ftp://gcc.gnu.org/pub/gcc/snapshots/${_snapshot}/gcc-${_snapshot}.tar.bz2
         http://isl.gforge.inria.fr/isl-${_islver}.tar.bz2
         http://www.bastoul.net/cloog/pages/download/cloog-${_cloogver}.tar.gz
-        gcc-4.8-filename-output.patch)
+        gcc-4.8-filename-output.patch
+        0001-ARMv5-disable-LDRD-STRD.patch)
 md5sums=('064bc3224ed492c1b2751c313f8278b0'
          'e039bfcfb6c2ab039b8ee69bf883e824'
          'e34fca0540d840e5d0f6427e98c92252'
-         '6810bb9b2252f03e6c98d9a671d94589')
+         '6810bb9b2252f03e6c98d9a671d94589'
+         '924a9bcdd7852410667f04ce18c305d7')
 
 if [ -n "${_snapshot}" ]; then
   _basedir=gcc-${_snapshot}
@@ -70,6 +73,9 @@ prepare() {
   [[ $CARCH == "armv7h" ]] && CONFIGFLAG="--host=armv7l-unknown-linux-gnueabihf --build=armv7l-unknown-linux-gnueabihf --with-arch=armv7-a --with-float=hard --with-fpu=vfpv3-d16"
 
   mkdir ${srcdir}/gcc-build
+
+  # Disable LDRD/STRD on ARMv5 (64-bit alignment issues)
+  patch -p1 -i ../0001-ARMv5-disable-LDRD-STRD.patch
 }
 
 build() {