--- a/branches/sid/gcc-4.6/debian/rules2
+++ b/branches/sid/gcc-4.6/debian/rules2
@@ -351,7 +351,9 @@ ifneq (,$(findstring arm-vfp,$(DEB_TARGET_GNU_CPU)))
 endif
 
 ifneq (,$(findstring arm, $(DEB_TARGET_GNU_CPU)))
-  CONFARGS += --enable-multilib
+  ifeq ($(multilib),yes)
+    CONFARGS += --enable-multilib
+  endif
   CONFARGS += --disable-sjlj-exceptions
   # FIXME: libjava is not ported for thumb, this hack only works for
   # separate gcj builds