diff --git a/binutils.changes b/binutils.changes
index 8cca159..4b9f317 100644
--- a/binutils.changes
+++ b/binutils.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jul 27 11:23:20 UTC 2010 - coolo@novell.com
+
+- split the gold build into 2 make steps to avoid random
+  build failures (ugly work around in fact)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Jul  8 05:28:53 UTC 2010 - jengelh@medozas.de
 
diff --git a/binutils.spec b/binutils.spec
index a5bff87..836ffac 100644
--- a/binutils.spec
+++ b/binutils.spec
@@ -366,7 +366,8 @@ mkdir ../build-dir2
 cd ../build-dir2
 ../configure --disable-ld-targets %common_flags %extra_gold_targets \
   --enable-shared --enable-gold --program-prefix=go --enable-plugins
-make %{?_smp_mflags}
+make %{?_smp_mflags} all-opcodes
+make %{?_smp_mflags} all
 %endif
 mkdir ../build-dir3
 cd ../build-dir3