diff --git a/releasetools/generate_gold_plugin.sh b/releasetools/generate_gold_plugin.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+cd $(dirname $0)
+
+: ${NETBSDSRCDIR=${PWD}/..}
+: ${LLVMSRCDIR=${NETBSDSRCDIR}/external/bsd/llvm/dist}
+: ${ARCH=i386}
+: ${JOBS=1}
+: ${OBJ_LLVM=${NETBSDSRCDIR}/../obj_llvm.${ARCH}}
+: ${OBJ=${NETBSDSRCDIR}/../obj.${ARCH}}
+: ${CROSS_TOOLS=${OBJ}/"tooldir.`uname -s`-`uname -r`-`uname -m`"/bin}
+
+echo ${NETBSDSRCDIR}
+echo ${LLVMSRCDIR}
+echo ${OBJ_LLVM}
+echo ${OBJ}
+echo ${CROSS_TOOLS}
+
+# Retrieve all the GPL sources
+cd ${NETBSDSRCDIR}
+find . -name fetch.sh -exec '{}' \;
+
+# Build LLVM manually
+mkdir -p  ${OBJ_LLVM}
+cd  ${OBJ_LLVM}
+
+${LLVMSRCDIR}/llvm/configure \
+    --enable-targets=x86 \
+    --with-c-include-dirs=/usr/include/clang-3.4:/usr/include \
+    --disable-timestamps \
+    --prefix=/usr \
+    --sysconfdir=/etc/llvm \
+    --with-clang-srcdir=${LLVMSRCDIR}/clang \
+    --host=i586-elf32-minix \
+    --with-binutils-include=${NETBSDSRCDIR}/external/gpl3/binutils/dist/include \
+    --disable-debug-symbols \
+    --enable-assertions \
+    --enable-bindings=none \
+    llvm_cv_gnu_make_command=make \
+    ac_cv_path_CIRCO="echo circo" \
+    ac_cv_path_DOT="echo dot" \
+    ac_cv_path_DOTTY="echo dotty" \
+    ac_cv_path_FDP="echo fdp" \
+    ac_cv_path_NEATO="echo neato" \
+    ac_cv_path_TWOPI="echo twopi" \
+    ac_cv_path_XDOT="echo xdot" \
+    --enable-optimized \
+    CC=cc
+
+make -j ${JOBS}
+
+# Copy the gold plugin where the NetBSD build system expects it.
+mkdir -p ${NETBSDSRCDIR}/external/bsd/llvm/passes/lib/
+cp ${OBJ_LLVM}/./Release+Asserts/lib/libLTO.so   ${NETBSDSRCDIR}/external/bsd/llvm/passes/lib/
+cp ${OBJ_LLVM}/./Release+Asserts/lib/LLVMgold.so ${NETBSDSRCDIR}/external/bsd/llvm/passes/lib/
+
+# Copy useful LLVM tools
+mkdir -p ${CROSS_TOOLS}
+cp ${OBJ_LLVM}/./Release+Asserts/bin/llc    ${CROSS_TOOLS}
+cp ${OBJ_LLVM}/./Release+Asserts/bin/opt    ${CROSS_TOOLS}
+cp ${OBJ_LLVM}/./Release+Asserts/bin/llvm-* ${CROSS_TOOLS}
+
+# Generate and Install default MINIX passes
+cd ${NETBSDSRCDIR}/external/bsd/llvm/passes/WeakAliasModuleOverride
+make LLVMPREFIX=${OBJ_LLVM}/./Release+Asserts/ install
+