diff --git a/build-virtio.sh b/build-virtio.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..49bceaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build-virtio.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+export KERNEL_ARCH="x86_64"
+export TARGET_TRIPLET_ARCH="x86_64"
+export TARGET_TRIPLET_VENDOR="lfs"
+export TARGET_TRIPLET_OS="linux"
+export TARGET_TRIPLET_GNUEABI="gnu"
+
+export TARGET_ADDITIONAL_CFLAGS="-fPIC"
+
+bash build.sh
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 5f3aaf8..83dcb35 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ setup_toolchain() {
     export STRIP="$LFS_TGT-strip"
     export OBJDUMP="$LFS_TGT-objdump"
     export READELF="$LFS_TGT-readelf"
-    export CFLAGS="   -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -O2 -L$LFS_TOOLS/lib -L$LFS/usr/lib -I$LFS_TOOLS/include -I$LFS_TOOLS/$LFS_TGT/include"
-    export CPPFLAGS=" -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -O2 -L$LFS_TOOLS/lib -L$LFS/usr/lib -I$LFS_TOOLS/include -I$LFS_TOOLS/$LFS_TGT/include -I$LFS_TOOLS/$LFS_TGT/include/c++/14.2.0/ -I$LFS_TOOLS/$LFS_TGT/include/c++/14.2.0/$LFS_TGT"
+    export CFLAGS="   $TARGET_ADDITIONAL_CFLAGS -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -O2 -L$LFS_TOOLS/lib -L$LFS/usr/lib -I$LFS_TOOLS/include -I$LFS_TOOLS/$LFS_TGT/include"
+    export CPPFLAGS=" $TARGET_ADDITIONAL_CFLAGS -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -O2 -L$LFS_TOOLS/lib -L$LFS/usr/lib -I$LFS_TOOLS/include -I$LFS_TOOLS/$LFS_TGT/include -I$LFS_TOOLS/$LFS_TGT/include/c++/14.2.0/ -I$LFS_TOOLS/$LFS_TGT/include/c++/14.2.0/$LFS_TGT"
     export LDFLAGS="  -L$LFS/usr/lib -L$LFS_TOOLS/lib"
     export LD_LIBRARY_PATH_old="$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
     export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$LFS_TOOLS/lib $LFS/usr/lib"
@@ -459,6 +459,46 @@ if [ ! -f "$STEPS_DIR/gcc-step3" ]; then
     touch "$STEPS_DIR/gcc-step3"
 fi
 
+if [ ! -f "$STEPS_DIR/gcc-final" ]; then
+    bash unpack-gcc.sh "$LFS_BUILD/"
+    cd "$LFS_BUILD/gcc"
+
+    mkdir -vp build-final
+    cd        build-final
+
+    # ../configure is already done
+    "../configure"                       \
+        --target=$LFS_TGT                \
+        --host=${BUILD_MACHINE_TRIPLET}  \
+        --build=${BUILD_MACHINE_TRIPLET} \
+        --prefix=$LFS_TOOLS              \
+        --with-glibc-version=2.40        \
+        --with-sysroot=$LFS              \
+        --enable-c99                     \
+        --enable-long-long               \
+        --enable-default-pie             \
+        --enable-default-ssp             \
+        --enable-nls                     \
+        --disable-multilib               \
+        --enable-libatomic               \
+        --enable-libmudflap              \
+        --enable-libgomp                 \
+        --enable-libquadmath             \
+        --enable-libquadmath-support     \
+        --enable-libssp                  \
+        --enable-libvtv                  \
+        --enable-libstdcxx               \
+        --enable-decimal-float           \
+        --enable-languages=c,c++
+
+    make -j 32 # if build fails add --disable-libsanitizer
+    make -j 32 install
+
+    cd "$BASE_DIR"
+    #rm -rf "$LFS_BUILD/gcc/build"
+    touch "$STEPS_DIR/gcc-final"
+fi
+
 ## finish the host toolchain
 #host_toolchain
 #bash "build-host-tools.sh"
@@ -1258,7 +1298,7 @@ if [ ! -f "$STEPS_DIR/pcre2" ]; then
     rm -rf "$LFS_BUILD/pcre2"
     touch "$STEPS_DIR/pcre2"
 fi
-exit 0
+
 # build swig
 if [ ! -f "$STEPS_DIR/swig" ]; then
     if [ ! -d "$LFS_BUILD/swig" ]; then
@@ -1295,6 +1335,10 @@ if [ ! -f "$STEPS_DIR/libcap-ng" ]; then
     fi
     cd "$LFS_BUILD/libcap-ng"
 
+    # this workaround comes straight from archlinux
+    # make stupid autotools happy -_-
+    touch NEWS
+
     autoreconf -fiv
 
     mkdir -vp build-$LFS_TGT
@@ -1305,7 +1349,7 @@ if [ ! -f "$STEPS_DIR/libcap-ng" ]; then
         --with-sysroot=${LFS}            \
         --host=${LFS_TGT}                \
         --build=${BUILD_MACHINE_TRIPLET} \
-        --prefix="/usr"                  \
+        --prefix=/usr                    \
         --without-python                 \
         --without-python3                \
         --enable-static=no               \