just like this, but for mips:
http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2002-12/msg00526.html

---
 gcc/config/mips/linux.h   |    4 ++--
 gcc/config/mips/linux64.h |    4 ++--
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Index: gcc-4.2.3/gcc/config/mips/linux.h
===================================================================
--- gcc-4.2.3.orig/gcc/config/mips/linux.h
+++ gcc-4.2.3/gcc/config/mips/linux.h
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ along with GCC; see the file COPYING3.  
 #undef LIB_SPEC
 #define LIB_SPEC "\
 %{shared: -lc} \
-%{!shared: %{pthread:-lpthread} \
-  %{profile:-lc_p} %{!profile: -lc}}"
+%{pthread:-lpthread} \
+%{!shared: %{profile:-lc_p} %{!profile: -lc}}"
 
 #define MD_UNWIND_SUPPORT "config/mips/linux-unwind.h"
Index: gcc-4.2.3/gcc/config/mips/linux64.h
===================================================================
--- gcc-4.2.3.orig/gcc/config/mips/linux64.h
+++ gcc-4.2.3/gcc/config/mips/linux64.h
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ along with GCC; see the file COPYING3.  
 #undef LIB_SPEC
 #define LIB_SPEC "\
 %{shared: -lc} \
-%{!shared: %{pthread:-lpthread} \
-  %{profile:-lc_p} %{!profile: -lc}}"
+%{pthread:-lpthread} \
+%{!shared: %{profile:-lc_p} %{!profile: -lc}}"
 
 #define GLIBC_DYNAMIC_LINKER32 "/lib/ld.so.1"
 #define GLIBC_DYNAMIC_LINKER64 "/lib64/ld.so.1"