diff --git a/rtems/config/tools/rtems-gcc-4.8.0-newlib-cvs-1.cfg b/rtems/config/tools/rtems-gcc-4.8.0-newlib-cvs-1.cfg
index 924eea4..a10f0ad 100644
--- a/rtems/config/tools/rtems-gcc-4.8.0-newlib-cvs-1.cfg
+++ b/rtems/config/tools/rtems-gcc-4.8.0-newlib-cvs-1.cfg
@@ -16,11 +16,21 @@
 %define with_plugin  0
 %define with_iconv   1
 
+#
+# Manage RTEMS patches
+#
+%include rtems-gcc-patches.cfg
+
 # Incompatible with Texinfo 5
 %if %{__makeinfo_ver} >= 5.0
  %error Incomaptible version of makeinfo found!
 %endif
 
+#
+# Use the 4.8.0 branch. It has needed bug fixes.
+#
+Source0: git://gcc.gnu.org/git/gcc.git?branch=master?pull?reset=hard?branch=gcc-4_8-branch
+
 #
 # The gcc/newlib build instructions. We use 4.8 Release 1.
 #