--- src/mklibs
+++ src/mklibs
@@ -616,6 +616,12 @@ while 1:
             if soname != "libgcc_s.so.1":
                 cmd.append(library_depends_gcc_libnames(so_file, soname))
                 cmd.append(libgcc_link)
+                # Add both shared and pic.a version of libgcc. Some symbols are not included in the shared version of libgcc
+                # (see libgcc.map for details) and exist only in the pic.a version of it. In order the symbols available
+                # in the shared version are not linked directly into the reduced/relinked library the shared version of libgcc
+                # must come before the pic.a one (this way the symbols will be resolved via NEEDED and not via direct linking).
+                cmd.append(find_pic("libgcc_s.so.1"))
+
             command(target + "gcc", *cmd)
 
             ## DEBUG