diff --git a/sys-fs/mdadm/Manifest b/sys-fs/mdadm/Manifest
--- a/sys-fs/mdadm/Manifest
+++ b/sys-fs/mdadm/Manifest
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Hash: SHA256
 AUX mdadm-2.6-syslog-updates.patch 1117 RMD160 c7de674fc76eb444d1d5f97a5a4c59c955aa51b6 SHA1 c00f4f283acd226241aed07e35133f965bb8b154 SHA256 207fd5ec76829fed5310f766001686807c623fe3eee541701f3366f96ef77b86
 AUX mdadm-2.6.4-mdassemble.patch 465 RMD160 4abcfcd75242d552f674a850ea116835a8f56aea SHA1 609161b594c51644f30de98a7a74473361bdb98b SHA256 015321cbb219f80444c9d56d01bde36f828d2814c57712a7655bdbae811ff8c4
 AUX mdadm-3.0-dont-make-man.patch 278 RMD160 a0275251626d91dc53b3fadfab6543961f5d7608 SHA1 0c74b7f10fab185442654bb965ac557daa567c17 SHA256 bfc42300913a178c3bcd5f9af4c721893224b2741beddcfba6498d012b1d5679
+AUX mdadm-3.1.4-cflags.patch 1069 RMD160 a2717d08d3dc593c7a28792100985ff92c1e469e SHA1 9c9a938601155aa09871817a7b58a9a2f07449ae SHA256 761e2d0199e7315a6d6b2825cabc1ffb9086c8038d5d4d3679dff7cbc6a55867
 AUX mdadm.confd 205 RMD160 9b4af661ef05e6dbab9ead55506a1ef0670a9076 SHA1 46d75372ecfcfcb34b1576bd994c22cae24f2a79 SHA256 ec55674955af7a31da51b8b72b599e8519809287dad796a9b16155bcba471b79
 AUX mdadm.rc 574 RMD160 69640d0b1fbd11bd7078c0e7791d247420653b73 SHA1 39044e7d6ad63c44669baf9775230670f04b201c SHA256 3073b14619cb7b2c99c33f2d6cfd1e59ce5557899bffebaa65fa52f3caffadc7
 AUX mdraid.confd 225 RMD160 944896151ffdaf7b172c8d045d3cf9bd9083fabd SHA1 41b2e6441e1bac71657290a6764774fb0d452721 SHA256 1b7918c4bdd024607bcb49d7cea0a77cb70502d2fbb4dbe07024bb5b5699c8e0
@@ -12,22 +13,22 @@ AUX mdraid.rc-3.1.1 815 RMD160 df283e9b5
 AUX raid-start.sh-3.0 799 RMD160 6495c44ea5be6e18a2b76e0c724f2dbf36073f90 SHA1 2df50d9f03cc907990ddd4b235dbc605c3e208c8 SHA256 7f4e6b5d148578f417bcc05d4d4d5c65641c2a810b74b2f7f43b808c7c52a9ce
 AUX raid-stop.sh 645 RMD160 a2855fbdad1222044a9de5b7a9f441592d42960b SHA1 daa2052a3835ca178005a96a3675759a96119203 SHA256 167a6bd452b5831cd5235eb80bf5f91bb2e5a10db132408fce29e60eb9d200db
 DIST mdadm-3.1.4.tar.bz2 288578 RMD160 f41a2be4158efac08dbe2e95f1c6812609475fad SHA1 4ee43922d38b15a930daaaa026ef1b4efacdbc8a SHA256 849ad0ad4ad3c1d2d8806a16b30e1f59ab2daf313cb103807207f7cba889ea63
-EBUILD mdadm-3.1.4.ebuild 1963 RMD160 4a58c543194ab9e512ad20f4d7fab086cc9fc60e SHA1 85fa709d61a1fd63ab219bccb7800b87b9aa073a SHA256 6f273ecc3f0425f58b444150a3bc67a233b33c0fb7b2ca01c5be3a1ff5770b46
+EBUILD mdadm-3.1.4.ebuild 2298 RMD160 b4bdaa9e128fec3ce3183f4655189df067aeb600 SHA1 3819a3c639a24405071dd14aa3bdec67d649ad86 SHA256 3955d45ae92b393d646cf0eee90f8122d1319a8a3fd1dfec51d1dfec5cf47283
 MISC metadata.xml 164 RMD160 f43cbec30b7074319087c9acffdb9354b17b0db3 SHA1 9c213f5803676c56439df3716be07d6692588856 SHA256 f5f2891f2a4791cd31350bb2bb572131ad7235cd0eeb124c9912c187ac10ce92
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diff --git a/sys-fs/mdadm/files/mdadm-3.1.4-cflags.patch b/sys-fs/mdadm/files/mdadm-3.1.4-cflags.patch
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-fs/mdadm/files/mdadm-3.1.4-cflags.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# HG changeset patch
+# User Nathan Phillip Brink <ohnobinki@ohnopublishing.net>
+# Date 1293590270 18000
+# Node ID 6d6117aa0da18aa3af0ca28f7e3537f304998f2c
+# Parent  2d23479cb9e66efae0b5816ba68a827f7fd7d035
+Use CFLAGS when using the compiler driver during the linking stage. Fixes Gentoo portage-multilib compilation failure.
+
+diff -r 2d23479cb9e6 -r 6d6117aa0da1 Makefile
+--- a/Makefile	Tue Dec 28 21:33:11 2010 -0500
++++ b/Makefile	Tue Dec 28 21:37:50 2010 -0500
+@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
+ # mdadm.tcc doesn't work..
+ 
+ mdadm : $(OBJS)
+-	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o mdadm $(OBJS) $(LDLIBS)
++	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o mdadm $(OBJS) $(LDLIBS)
+ 
+ mdadm.static : $(OBJS) $(STATICOBJS)
+ 	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -static -o mdadm.static $(OBJS) $(STATICOBJS)
+@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
+ 
+ # use '' to guarantee no dynamic linker interactions with the monitor thread
+ mdmon : $(MON_OBJS)
+-	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $(MON_LDFLAGS) -z now -o mdmon $(MON_OBJS) $(LDLIBS)
++	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(MON_LDFLAGS) -z now -o mdmon $(MON_OBJS) $(LDLIBS)
+ msg.o: msg.c msg.h
+ 
+ test_stripe : restripe.c mdadm.h
diff --git a/sys-fs/mdadm/mdadm-3.1.4.ebuild b/sys-fs/mdadm/mdadm-3.1.4.ebuild
--- a/sys-fs/mdadm/mdadm-3.1.4.ebuild
+++ b/sys-fs/mdadm/mdadm-3.1.4.ebuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 # $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/sys-fs/mdadm/mdadm-3.1.4.ebuild,v 1.8 2010/11/09 19:17:44 armin76 Exp $
 
-inherit eutils flag-o-matic
+inherit eutils flag-o-matic toolchain-funcs
 
 DESCRIPTION="A useful tool for running RAID systems - it can be used as a replacement for the raidtools"
 HOMEPAGE="http://neil.brown.name/blog/mdadm"
@@ -16,26 +16,41 @@ IUSE="static"
 DEPEND=""
 RDEPEND=">=sys-apps/util-linux-2.16"
 
+RESTRICT=test
+
 src_unpack() {
 	unpack ${A}
 	cd "${S}"
 	epatch "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-3.0-dont-make-man.patch
 	epatch "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-2.6-syslog-updates.patch
 	epatch "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-2.6.4-mdassemble.patch #211426
+	epatch "${FILESDIR}"/${P}-cflags.patch
 	use static && append-ldflags -static
 
 	sed -i -e 's:-z now::' Makefile || die #331653
 }
 
 src_compile() {
+	# set CC to prevent CROSS_COMPILE paradigm from being used.
 	emake \
-		CROSS_COMPILE=${CHOST}- \
+		CC="$(tc-getCC)" \
 		CWFLAGS="-Wall" \
 		CXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" \
 		all mdassemble \
 		|| die "emake failed"
 }
 
+src_test() {
+	emake \
+		CC="$(tc-getCC)" \
+		CWFLAGS="-Wall" \
+		CXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" \
+		test || die "emake test failed"
+
+	# are these tests dangerous? I'm not willing to try them. --binki
+	sh ./test || die
+}
+
 src_install() {
 	emake DESTDIR="${D}" install || die
 	into /