diff --git a/build-devkit.sh b/build-devkit.sh
index 50e5605..afd5481 100755
--- a/build-devkit.sh
+++ b/build-devkit.sh
@@ -175,22 +175,26 @@ PLATFORM=`uname -s`
 
 case $PLATFORM in
 	Darwin )
-		cflags="-mmacosx-version-min=${OSXMIN} -I/usr/local/include"
+		cppflags="-mmacosx-version-min=${OSXMIN} -I/usr/local/include"
 		ldflags="-mmacosx-version-min=${OSXMIN} -L/usr/local/lib"
 		if [ "x${OSXSDKPATH}x" != "xx" ]; then
-			cflags="$cflags -isysroot ${OSXSDKPATH}"
+			cppflags="$cppflags -isysroot ${OSXSDKPATH}"
 			ldflags="$ldflags -Wl,-syslibroot,${OSXSDKPATH}"
 		fi
 		TESTCC=`cc -v 2>&1 | grep clang`
 		if [ "x${TESTCC}x" != "xx" ]; then
-			cflags="$cflags -fbracket-depth=512"
+			cppflags="$cppflags -fbracket-depth=512"
 		fi
     ;;
 	MINGW32* )
-		cflags="-D__USE_MINGW_ACCESS"
+		cppflags="-D__USE_MINGW_ACCESS"
     ;;
 esac
 
+if [ ! -z $CROSSBUILD ] && grep -q "mingw" <<<"$CROSSBUILD" ; then
+	cppflags="-D__USE_MINGW_ACCESS -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO=1"
+fi
+
 
 BUILDSCRIPTDIR=$(pwd)
 BUILDDIR=$(pwd)/.$package
diff --git a/dkarm-eabi/scripts/build-gcc.sh b/dkarm-eabi/scripts/build-gcc.sh
index d3a095f..04d32b8 100755
--- a/dkarm-eabi/scripts/build-gcc.sh
+++ b/dkarm-eabi/scripts/build-gcc.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ cd $target/binutils
 
 if [ ! -f configured-binutils ]
 then
-	CFLAGS=$cflags LDFLAGS=$ldflags ../../binutils-$BINUTILS_VER/configure \
+	CPPFLAGS="$cppflags $CPPFLAGS" LDFLAGS=$ldflags ../../binutils-$BINUTILS_VER/configure \
         --prefix=$prefix --target=$target --disable-nls --disable-werror \
 	--enable-lto --enable-plugins --enable-gold \
 	$CROSS_PARAMS \
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ cd $target/gcc
 
 if [ ! -f configured-gcc ]
 then
-	CFLAGS="$cflags" \
-	CXXFLAGS="$cflags" \
+	CPPFLAGS="$cppflags $CPPFLAGS" \
 	LDFLAGS="$ldflags" \
 	CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET="-O2 -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections" \
 	CXXFLAGS_FOR_TARGET="-O2 -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections" \
@@ -194,8 +193,7 @@ PLATFORM=`uname -s`
 
 if [ ! -f configured-gdb ]
 then
-	CFLAGS="$cflags" \
-	CXXFLAGS="$cflags" \
+	CPPFLAGS="$cppflags $CPPFLAGS" \
 	LDFLAGS="$ldflags" \
 	../../gdb-$GDB_VER/configure \
 	--disable-nls --prefix=$prefix --target=$target --disable-werror \
diff --git a/dkarm-eabi/scripts/build-tools.sh b/dkarm-eabi/scripts/build-tools.sh
index 273c9bb..fbd61b4 100755
--- a/dkarm-eabi/scripts/build-tools.sh
+++ b/dkarm-eabi/scripts/build-tools.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ do
 	dir=$(echo $archive | sed -e 's/\(.*\)\.tar\.bz2/\1/' )
 	cd $BUILDDIR/$dir
 	if [ ! -f configured ]; then
-		CXXFLAGS=$cflags CFLAGS=$cflags LDFLAGS=$ldflags ./configure --prefix=$toolsprefix $CROSS_PARAMS || { echo "error configuring $archive"; exit 1; }
+		CPPFLAGS="$cppflags $CPPFLAGS" ./configure --prefix=$toolsprefix $CROSS_PARAMS || { echo "error configuring $archive"; exit 1; }
 		touch configured
 	fi
 	if [ ! -f built ]; then