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diff --git a/distro/base.scm b/distro/base.scm
index b99eb63477..b7e9bd5af9 100644
--- a/distro/base.scm
+++ b/distro/base.scm
@@ -535,6 +535,38 @@ upon and follows the same principles as GNU MPFR.")
(license "LGPLv3+")
(home-page "http://mpc.multiprecision.org/")))
+(define-public binutils
+ (package
+ (name "binutils")
+ (version "2.22")
+ (source (origin
+ (method http-fetch)
+ (uri (string-append "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/binutils/binutils-"
+ version ".tar.bz2"))
+ (sha256
+ (base32
+ "1a9w66v5dwvbnawshjwqcgz7km6kw6ihkzp6sswv9ycc3knzhykc"))))
+ (build-system gnu-build-system)
+
+ ;; TODO: Add dependency on zlib + those for Gold.
+ (native-inputs
+ `(("patch/new-dtags" ,(search-patch "binutils-ld-new-dtags.patch"))))
+ (arguments
+ `(#:patches (list (assoc-ref %build-inputs "patch/new-dtags"))
+
+ ;; Add `-static-libgcc' to not retain a dependency on GCC when
+ ;; bootstrapping.
+ #:configure-flags '("LDFLAGS=-static-libgcc")))
+
+ (description "GNU Binutils, tools for manipulating binaries (linker,
+assembler, etc.)")
+ (long-description
+ "The GNU Binutils are a collection of binary tools. The main ones are
+`ld' (the GNU linker) and `as' (the GNU assembler). They also include the
+BFD (Binary File Descriptor) library, `gprof', `nm', `strip', etc.")
+ (license "GPLv3+")
+ (home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/")))
+
(define-public gcc-4.7
(let ((stripped? #t)) ; TODO: make this a parameter
(package