PR bootstrap/56750
	* configure.ac (stage1-static-libs): New option.
	* configure: Regenerate.

gcc/

	PR bootstrap/56750
	* doc/install.texi (--enable-stage1-static-libs): New.

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index aae94501e48..94b540226cc 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -465,6 +465,12 @@ ENABLE_LIBSTDCXX=default)
   noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs target-libstdc++-v3"
 fi]
 
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(stage1-static-libs,
+AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-stage1-static-libs],
+  [do not statically link libstdc++ and libgcc into stage1 binaries]),
+ENABLE_STAGE1_STATIC_LIBS=$enableval,
+ENABLE_STAGE1_STATIC_LIBS=yes)
+
 # If this is accelerator compiler and its target is intelmic we enable
 # target liboffloadmic by default.  If this is compiler with offloading
 # for intelmic we enable host liboffloadmic by default.  Otherwise
@@ -1619,7 +1625,7 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(stage1-ldflags,
  # In stage 1, default to linking libstdc++ and libgcc statically with GCC
  # if supported.  But if the user explicitly specified the libraries to use,
  # trust that they are doing what they want.
- if test "$stage1_libs" = "" -a "$have_static_libs" = yes; then
+ if test "$ENABLE_STAGE1_STATIC_LIBS" = "yes" -a "$stage1_libs" = "" -a "$have_static_libs" = yes; then
    stage1_ldflags="-static-libstdc++ -static-libgcc"
  fi])
 AC_SUBST(stage1_ldflags)
diff --git a/gcc/doc/install.texi b/gcc/doc/install.texi
index 64ad2445a33..5567daad957 100644
--- a/gcc/doc/install.texi
+++ b/gcc/doc/install.texi
@@ -1958,10 +1958,23 @@ include and lib options directly.
 These flags are applicable to the host platform only.  When building
 a cross compiler, they will not be used to configure target libraries.
 
+@item --enable-stage1-static-libs
+@itemx --disable-stage1-static-libs
+
+Enable linking stage1 binaries with @samp{-static-libstdc++
+-static-libgcc} if available on your system.  This also enables
+linking stage1 binaries statically when not bootstrapping.  The
+default is enabled.
+
+Even with this option enabled, static libraries will only be used when
+@option{--with-stage1-libs} is not set to a value.  See option
+@option{--with-stage1-ldflags} below.
+
 @item --with-stage1-ldflags=@var{flags}
 This option may be used to set linker flags to be used when linking
 stage 1 of GCC.  These are also used when linking GCC if configured with
-@option{--disable-bootstrap}.  If @option{--with-stage1-libs} is not set to a
+@option{--disable-bootstrap}.  If @option{--enable-stage1-static-libs}
+is enabled and @option{--with-stage1-libs} is not set to a
 value, then the default is @samp{-static-libstdc++ -static-libgcc}, if
 supported.