diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index e52316ab8013..faad0a788e8f 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2010-11-30  Richard Guenther  <rguenther@suse.de>
+
+	PR lto/44986
+	* gcc.c (main): Use the first input with a compiler as infile
+	for link spec processing.
+
 2010-11-30  Richard Guenther  <rguenther@suse.de>
 
 	PR lto/45949
diff --git a/gcc/gcc.c b/gcc/gcc.c
index 1e525b53c304..d6f0a0812f66 100644
--- a/gcc/gcc.c
+++ b/gcc/gcc.c
@@ -6739,7 +6739,8 @@ warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.\n\n"
       int i;
 
       for (i = 0; i < n_infiles ; i++)
-	if (infiles[i].language && infiles[i].language[0] != '*')
+	if (infiles[i].incompiler
+	    || (infiles[i].language && infiles[i].language[0] != '*'))
 	  {
 	    set_input (infiles[i].name);
 	    break;