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