diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 07b1906d9..e1b031af9 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -36,6 +36,17 @@
     </listitem>
 
 -->
+    <listitem>
+      <para>2012-03-27</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+         <listitem>
+           <para>[matthew] - Add the GCC fix patch back to Glibc instructions
+           to fix a build issue on 32-bit hosts.  Thanks to Pierre Labastie for
+           the report.</para>
+         </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>2012-03-26</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
index 265795c37..212560992 100644
--- a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
+++ b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
@@ -227,6 +227,10 @@
       <para>&gcc-startfiles-patch;</para>
     </listitem>
 
+    <listitem>
+      <para>&glibc-gcc_fix-patch;</para>
+    </listitem>
+
   </itemizedlist>
 
   <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/chapter03/patches.xml b/chapter03/patches.xml
index 30d45d113..b6379105b 100644
--- a/chapter03/patches.xml
+++ b/chapter03/patches.xml
@@ -66,6 +66,14 @@
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
 
+    <varlistentry>
+      <term>Glibc GCC Fix Patch - <token>&glibc-gcc_fix-patch-size;</token>:</term>
+      <listitem>
+        <para>Download: <ulink url="&patches-root;&glibc-gcc_fix-patch;"/></para>
+        <para>MD5 sum: <literal>&glibc-gcc_fix-patch-md5;</literal></para>
+      </listitem>
+    </varlistentry>
+
 <!--
     <varlistentry>
       <term>GRUB Disk Geometry Patch - <token>&grub-geometry-patch-size;</token>:</term>
diff --git a/chapter06/glibc.xml b/chapter06/glibc.xml
index 3d106a5cc..1c0609eaa 100644
--- a/chapter06/glibc.xml
+++ b/chapter06/glibc.xml
@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ unset DL</userinput></screen>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i 's|@BASH@|/bin/bash|' elf/ldd.bash.in</userinput></screen>
 
+  <para>Fix a bug that prevents Glibc from building with GCC-&gcc-version;:</para>
+<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&glibc-gcc_fix-patch;</userinput></screen>
+
     <para>The Glibc documentation recommends building Glibc outside of the source
     directory in a dedicated build directory:</para>
 
diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index 79cb02c68..105e43262 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-<!ENTITY version "SVN-20120326">
-<!ENTITY releasedate "Mar 26, 2012">
+<!ENTITY version "SVN-20120327">
+<!ENTITY releasedate "Mar 27, 2012">
 <!ENTITY copyrightdate "1999-2012"><!-- jhalfs needs a literal dash, not &ndash; -->
 <!ENTITY milestone "7.2">
 <!ENTITY generic-version "development"> <!-- Use "development", "testing", or "x.y[-pre{x}]" -->
diff --git a/patches.ent b/patches.ent
index d052e1089..1fad4b7db 100644
--- a/patches.ent
+++ b/patches.ent
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@
 <!ENTITY gcc-startfiles-patch-size "1.5 KB">
 
 
+<!ENTITY glibc-gcc_fix-patch "glibc-&glibc-version;-gcc_fix-1.patch">
+<!ENTITY glibc-gcc_fix-patch-md5 "d1f28cb98acb9417fe52596908bbb9fd">
+<!ENTITY glibc-gcc_fix-patch-size "2.5 KB">
+
+
 <!ENTITY grub-inode-patch "grub-&grub-version;-256byte_inode-1.patch">
 <!ENTITY grub-inode-patch-md5 "2482bef9c1866b4045767a56268ba673">
 <!ENTITY grub-inode-patch-size "4.8 KB">