diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 7774d98ec..ba6536f86 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>2008-10-12</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[randy] - Added a patch to the Chapter 6 Binutils instructions
+          to correct some errors in the test suite.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[dj] - Corrected installation of udev rule files.</para>
         </listitem>
diff --git a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
index 249739402..c9b94e053 100644
--- a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
+++ b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
@@ -218,6 +218,14 @@
       <para>&bash-fixes-patch;</para>
     </listitem>
 
+    <listitem>
+      <para>&binutils-configure-patch;</para>
+    </listitem>
+
+    <listitem>
+      <para>&binutils-gcc-patch;</para>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>&coreutils-old-kernel-patch;</para>
     </listitem>
diff --git a/chapter03/patches.xml b/chapter03/patches.xml
index e60dad2ce..c0223c252 100644
--- a/chapter03/patches.xml
+++ b/chapter03/patches.xml
@@ -42,6 +42,14 @@
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
 
+    <varlistentry>
+      <term>Binutils GCC 4.3 Patch - <token>&binutils-gcc-patch-size;</token>:</term>
+      <listitem>
+        <para>Download: <ulink url="&patches-root;&binutils-gcc-patch;"/></para>
+        <para>MD5 sum: <literal>&binutils-gcc-patch-md5;</literal></para>
+      </listitem>
+    </varlistentry>
+
     <varlistentry>
       <term>Binutils Texinfo Version Patch - <token>&binutils-configure-patch-size;</token>:</term>
       <listitem>
diff --git a/chapter06/binutils.xml b/chapter06/binutils.xml
index 0c7a9a216..aaebc6cce 100644
--- a/chapter06/binutils.xml
+++ b/chapter06/binutils.xml
@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ Ask your system administrator to create more.</computeroutput></screen>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&binutils-configure-patch;</userinput></screen>
 
+    <para>Apply the following patch to prevent some failures when running the
+    the test suite:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&binutils-gcc-patch;</userinput></screen>
+
     <para>Suppress the installation of an outdated
     <filename>standards.info</filename> file as a newer one is installed later
     on in the Autoconf instructions:</para>
diff --git a/patches.ent b/patches.ent
index 7357d248b..ee44e627e 100644
--- a/patches.ent
+++ b/patches.ent
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@
 <!ENTITY binutils-configure-patch-md5 "83877c299e3e3080952214e479396f23">
 <!ENTITY binutils-configure-patch-size "1 KB">
 
+<!ENTITY binutils-gcc-patch "binutils-&binutils-version;-GCC43-1.patch">
+<!ENTITY binutils-gcc-patch-md5 "d77fa789b4cae8b1ef7bc10e6220a529">
+<!ENTITY binutils-gcc-patch-size "1.1 KB">
+
 
 <!ENTITY bzip2-docs-patch "bzip2-&bzip2-version;-install_docs-1.patch">
 <!ENTITY bzip2-docs-patch-md5 "6a5ac7e89b791aae556de0f745916f7f">