diff --git a/gcc/Makefile.in b/gcc/Makefile.in
index 273654cfa25..778ec09c75d 100644
--- a/gcc/Makefile.in
+++ b/gcc/Makefile.in
@@ -1750,6 +1750,8 @@ $(FULL_DRIVER_NAME): ./xgcc$(exeext)
 # Otherwise $(SELFTEST_DEPS) is empty when used from <LANG>/Make-lang.in.
 SELFTEST_DEPS = $(GCC_PASSES) stmp-int-hdrs $(srcdir)/testsuite/selftests
 
+DO_LINK_SERIALIZATION = @DO_LINK_SERIALIZATION@
+
 # Language makefile fragments.
 
 # The following targets define the interface between us and the languages.
@@ -1767,6 +1769,23 @@ SELFTEST_DEPS = $(GCC_PASSES) stmp-int-hdrs $(srcdir)/testsuite/selftests
 # language hooks, generated by configure
 @language_hooks@
 
+ifeq ($(DO_LINK_SERIALIZATION),)
+LINK_PROGRESS = :
+else
+LINK_PROGRESS = msg="Linking |"; cnt=0; if test "$(2)" = start; then \
+  idx=0; cnt2=$(DO_LINK_SERIALIZATION); \
+  while test $$cnt2 -le $(1); do msg="$${msg}=="; cnt2=`expr $$cnt2 + 1`; idx=`expr $$idx + 1`; done; \
+  cnt=$$idx; \
+  while test $$cnt -lt $(1); do msg="$${msg}>>"; cnt=`expr $$cnt + 1`; done; \
+  msg="$${msg}--"; cnt=`expr $$cnt + 1`; \
+  else \
+  idx=`expr $(1) + 1`; \
+  while test $$cnt -le $(1); do msg="$${msg}=="; cnt=`expr $$cnt + 1`; done; \
+  fi; \
+  while test $$cnt -lt $(SERIAL_COUNT); do msg="$${msg}  "; cnt=`expr $$cnt + 1`; done; \
+  msg="$${msg}| `expr 100 \* $$idx / $(SERIAL_COUNT)`%"; echo "$$msg"
+endif
+
 # Wire in install-gnatlib invocation with `make install' for a configuration
 # with top-level libada disabled.
 gnat_install_lib = @gnat_install_lib@
diff --git a/gcc/ada/gcc-interface/Make-lang.in b/gcc/ada/gcc-interface/Make-lang.in
index 78fe6023e5b..e41465761c8 100644
--- a/gcc/ada/gcc-interface/Make-lang.in
+++ b/gcc/ada/gcc-interface/Make-lang.in
@@ -146,9 +146,10 @@ endif
 
 # Define the names for selecting Ada in LANGUAGES.
 ada: gnat1$(exeext) gnatbind$(exeext)
+ada.serial: gnat1$(exeext)
 
 # Tell GNU Make to ignore these, if they exist.
-.PHONY: ada
+.PHONY: ada ada.serial ada.prev
 
 # Compute the FLAGS to pass for gnattools, now linked with a C++ driver as
 # we're linking against at least libcommon which contains C++ compiled code.
@@ -667,10 +668,13 @@ ada/libgnat/s-excmac.adb: $(srcdir)/ada/libgnat/s-excmac__$(EH_MECHANISM).adb
 # Needs to be built with CC=gcc
 # Since the RTL should be built with the latest compiler, remove the
 #  stamp target in the parent directory whenever gnat1 is rebuilt
-gnat1$(exeext): $(TARGET_ADA_SRCS) $(GNAT1_OBJS) $(ADA_BACKEND) libcommon-target.a $(LIBDEPS)
+gnat1$(exeext): $(TARGET_ADA_SRCS) $(GNAT1_OBJS) $(ADA_BACKEND) libcommon-target.a \
+		$(LIBDEPS) ada.prev
+	@$(call LINK_PROGRESS,$(INDEX.ada),start)
 	+$(GCC_LLINK) -o $@ $(GNAT1_OBJS) $(ADA_BACKEND) \
 	  libcommon-target.a $(LIBS) $(SYSLIBS) $(BACKENDLIBS) $(CFLAGS)
 	$(RM) stamp-gnatlib2-rts stamp-tools
+	@$(call LINK_PROGRESS,$(INDEX.ada),end)
 
 gnatbind$(exeext): ada/b_gnatb.o $(CONFIG_H) $(GNATBIND_OBJS) ggc-none.o libcommon-target.a $(LIBDEPS)
 	+$(GCC_LINK) -o $@ ada/b_gnatb.o $(GNATBIND_OBJS) ggc-none.o libcommon-target.a $(LIBS) $(SYSLIBS) $(CFLAGS)
diff --git a/gcc/brig/Make-lang.in b/gcc/brig/Make-lang.in
index f5538564ed4..dffc7503c14 100644
--- a/gcc/brig/Make-lang.in
+++ b/gcc/brig/Make-lang.in
@@ -29,8 +29,9 @@ GCCBRIG_TARGET_INSTALL_NAME := $(target_noncanonical)-$(shell echo gccbrig|sed \
 
 # The name for selecting brig in LANGUAGES.
 brig: brig1$(exeext)
+brig.serial: brig
 
-.PHONY: brig
+.PHONY: brig brig.serial brig.prev
 
 CFLAGS-brig/brigspec.o += $(DRIVER_DEFINES)
 
@@ -81,15 +82,12 @@ BRIG_OBJS = \
 
 brig_OBJS = $(BRIG_OBJS) brig/brigspec.o
 
-# brig1$(exeext): $(BRIG_OBJS) attribs.o $(BACKEND) $(LIBDEPS)
-# 	+$(LLINKER) $(ALL_LINKERFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ \
-# 	      $(BRIG_OBJS) attribs.o $(BACKEND) $(LIBS) $(BACKENDLIBS)
-
-
-brig1$(exeext): $(BRIG_OBJS) attribs.o $(BACKEND) $(LIBDEPS)
+brig1$(exeext): $(BRIG_OBJS) attribs.o $(BACKEND) $(LIBDEPS) brig.prev
+	@$(call LINK_PROGRESS,$(INDEX.brig),start)
 	+$(LLINKER) $(ALL_LINKERFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ \
 	      $(BRIG_OBJS) attribs.o $(BACKEND) $(LIBS) \
 		  $(BACKENDLIBS)
+	@$(call LINK_PROGRESS,$(INDEX.brig),end)
 
 # Documentation.
 
diff --git a/gcc/c/Make-lang.in b/gcc/c/Make-lang.in
index 7efc7c2c332..c776ab65f05 100644
--- a/gcc/c/Make-lang.in
+++ b/gcc/c/Make-lang.in
@@ -37,9 +37,10 @@
 #
 # Define the names for selecting c in LANGUAGES.
 c: cc1$(exeext)
+c.serial: c
 
 # Tell GNU make to ignore these if they exist.
-.PHONY: c gcc
+.PHONY: c gcc c.serial
 
 # The C front end driver.  This is different from the drivers for other
 # front ends, because there is no C language specific driver (i.e. nothing
@@ -82,8 +83,10 @@ cc1-checksum.c : build/genchecksum$(build_exeext) checksum-options \
 	fi
 
 cc1$(exeext): $(C_OBJS) cc1-checksum.o $(BACKEND) $(LIBDEPS)
+	@$(call LINK_PROGRESS,$(INDEX.c),start)
 	+$(LLINKER) $(ALL_LINKERFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(C_OBJS) \
 	  cc1-checksum.o $(BACKEND) $(LIBS) $(BACKENDLIBS)
+	@$(call LINK_PROGRESS,$(INDEX.c),end)
 
 cc1.fda: ../stage1-gcc/cc1$(exeext) ../prev-gcc/$(PERF_DATA)
 	$(CREATE_GCOV) -binary ../stage1-gcc/cc1$(exeext) -gcov cc1.fda -profile ../prev-gcc/$(PERF_DATA) -gcov_version 1
diff --git a/gcc/configure b/gcc/configure
index ba69f73ed9c..f61b815801e 100755
--- a/gcc/configure
+++ b/gcc/configure
@@ -710,6 +710,7 @@ subdirs
 dollar
 gcc_tooldir
 enable_lto
+DO_LINK_SERIALIZATION
 DO_LINK_MUTEX
 MAINT
 zlibinc
@@ -1013,6 +1014,7 @@ with_gc
 with_system_zlib
 enable_maintainer_mode
 enable_link_mutex
+enable_link_serialization
 enable_version_specific_runtime_libs
 enable_plugin
 enable_host_shared
@@ -1768,6 +1770,10 @@ Optional Features:
                           sometimes confusing) to the casual installer
   --enable-link-mutex     avoid linking multiple front-ends at once to avoid
                           thrashing on the build machine
+  --enable-link-serialization
+                          avoid linking multiple GCC front-ends at once using
+                          make dependencies to avoid thrashing on the build
+                          machine
   --enable-version-specific-runtime-libs
                           specify that runtime libraries should be installed
                           in a compiler-specific directory
@@ -19030,7 +19036,7 @@ else
   lt_dlunknown=0; lt_dlno_uscore=1; lt_dlneed_uscore=2
   lt_status=$lt_dlunknown
   cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<_LT_EOF
-#line 19033 "configure"
+#line 19039 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 
 #if HAVE_DLFCN_H
@@ -19136,7 +19142,7 @@ else
   lt_dlunknown=0; lt_dlno_uscore=1; lt_dlneed_uscore=2
   lt_status=$lt_dlunknown
   cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<_LT_EOF
-#line 19139 "configure"
+#line 19145 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 
 #if HAVE_DLFCN_H
@@ -30573,6 +30579,31 @@ else
 fi
 
 
+
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether to serialize linking of multiple front-ends" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking whether to serialize linking of multiple front-ends... " >&6; }
+  # Check whether --enable-link-serialization was given.
+if test "${enable_link_serialization+set}" = set; then :
+  enableval=$enable_link_serialization; do_link_serialization=$enableval
+else
+  do_link_serialization=no
+fi
+
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $do_link_serialization" >&5
+$as_echo "$do_link_serialization" >&6; }
+
+case "$do_link_serialization" in
+  yes)
+    DO_LINK_SERIALIZATION=1;;
+  [1-9] | [1-9][0-9] | [1-9][0-9][0-9])
+    DO_LINK_SERIALIZATION=$do_link_serialization;;
+  no)
+    DO_LINK_SERIALIZATION=;;
+  *)
+    as_fn_error $? "bad value ${do_link_serialization} given for --enable-link-serialization" "$LINENO" 5 ;;
+esac
+
+
 # --------------
 # Language hooks
 # --------------
@@ -30733,6 +30764,43 @@ do
 	echo "lang.$t: $x" >> Make-hooks
 done
 
+echo "ifeq (\$(DO_LINK_SERIALIZATION),)" >> Make-hooks
+echo "SERIAL_LIST =" >> Make-hooks
+echo else >> Make-hooks
+lang_cnt=0
+lang_list=
+prev=c.serial
+serialization_languages=c
+for lang in $all_selected_languages
+do
+	test $lang = c && continue
+	if test $lang = lto; then
+		serialization_languages="$serialization_languages lto1 lto2"
+	else
+		serialization_languages="$serialization_languages $lang"
+	fi
+done
+for lang in $serialization_languages
+do
+	test $lang = c && continue
+	lang_cnt=`expr $lang_cnt + 1`
+	lang_list=" $prev$lang_list"
+	prev=${lang}.serial
+done
+echo "SERIAL_LIST = \$(wordlist \$(DO_LINK_SERIALIZATION),$lang_cnt,$lang_list)" >> Make-hooks
+echo endif >> Make-hooks
+echo "SERIAL_COUNT = `expr $lang_cnt + 1`" >> Make-hooks
+echo "INDEX.c = 0" >> Make-hooks
+lang_idx=1
+for lang in $serialization_languages
+do
+	test $lang = c && continue
+	echo "$lang.prev: \$(word $lang_cnt,\$(SERIAL_LIST))" >> Make-hooks
+	echo "INDEX.$lang = $lang_idx" >> Make-hooks
+	lang_cnt=`expr $lang_cnt - 1`
+	lang_idx=`expr $lang_idx + 1`
+done
+
 # --------
 # Option include files
 # --------
diff --git a/gcc/configure.ac b/gcc/configure.ac
index 28d96d1cba3..b2732d17bf4 100644
--- a/gcc/configure.ac
+++ b/gcc/configure.ac
@@ -6676,6 +6676,29 @@ else
 fi
 AC_SUBST(DO_LINK_MUTEX)
 
+dnl Whether to prevent multiple GCC front-ends from linking at the same time
+
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether to serialize linking of multiple front-ends])
+  AC_ARG_ENABLE(link-serialization,
+[AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-link-serialization],
+		[avoid linking multiple GCC front-ends at once using make
+		 dependencies to avoid thrashing on the build machine])],
+      do_link_serialization=$enableval,
+      do_link_serialization=no)
+AC_MSG_RESULT($do_link_serialization)
+
+case "$do_link_serialization" in
+  yes)
+    DO_LINK_SERIALIZATION=1;;
+  [[1-9]] | [[1-9]][[0-9]] | [[1-9]][[0-9]][[0-9]])
+    DO_LINK_SERIALIZATION=$do_link_serialization;;
+  no)
+    DO_LINK_SERIALIZATION=;;
+  *)
+    AC_MSG_ERROR(bad value ${do_link_serialization} given for --enable-link-serialization) ;;
+esac
+AC_SUBST(DO_LINK_SERIALIZATION)
+
 # --------------
 # Language hooks
 # --------------
@@ -6836,6 +6859,43 @@ do
 	echo "lang.$t: $x" >> Make-hooks
 done
 
+echo "ifeq (\$(DO_LINK_SERIALIZATION),)" >> Make-hooks
+echo "SERIAL_LIST =" >> Make-hooks
+echo else >> Make-hooks
+lang_cnt=0
+lang_list=
+prev=c.serial
+serialization_languages=c
+for lang in $all_selected_languages
+do
+	test $lang = c && continue
+	if test $lang = lto; then
+		serialization_languages="$serialization_languages lto1 lto2"
+	else
+		serialization_languages="$serialization_languages $lang"
+	fi
+done
+for lang in $serialization_languages
+do
+	test $lang = c && continue
+	lang_cnt=`expr $lang_cnt + 1`
+	lang_list=" $prev$lang_list"
+	prev=${lang}.serial
+done
+echo "SERIAL_LIST = \$(wordlist \$(DO_LINK_SERIALIZATION),$lang_cnt,$lang_list)" >> Make-hooks
+echo endif >> Make-hooks
+echo "SERIAL_COUNT = `expr $lang_cnt + 1`" >> Make-hooks
+echo "INDEX.c = 0" >> Make-hooks
+lang_idx=1
+for lang in $serialization_languages
+do
+	test $lang = c && continue
+	echo "$lang.prev: \$(word $lang_cnt,\$(SERIAL_LIST))" >> Make-hooks
+	echo "INDEX.$lang = $lang_idx" >> Make-hooks
+	lang_cnt=`expr $lang_cnt - 1`
+	lang_idx=`expr $lang_idx + 1`
+done
+
 # --------
 # Option include files
 # --------
diff --git a/gcc/cp/Make-lang.in b/gcc/cp/Make-lang.in
index 6ee4e41266f..6be4678776b 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/Make-lang.in
+++ b/gcc/cp/Make-lang.in
@@ -47,9 +47,10 @@ CP_PLUGIN_HEADERS := cp-tree.h cxx-pretty-print.h name-lookup.h type-utils.h ope
 # into the C++ rule, but that needs a little bit of work
 # to do the right thing within all.cross.
 c++: cc1plus$(exeext)
+c++.serial: c++
 
 # Tell GNU make to ignore these if they exist.
-.PHONY: c++
+.PHONY: c++ c++.serial c++.prev
 
 CFLAGS-cp/g++spec.o += $(DRIVER_DEFINES)
 
@@ -116,9 +117,11 @@ cc1plus-checksum.c : build/genchecksum$(build_exeext) checksum-options \
 	  $(srcdir)/../move-if-change cc1plus-checksum.c.tmp cc1plus-checksum.c; \
 	fi
 
-cc1plus$(exeext): $(CXX_OBJS) cc1plus-checksum.o $(BACKEND) $(LIBDEPS)
+cc1plus$(exeext): $(CXX_OBJS) cc1plus-checksum.o $(BACKEND) $(LIBDEPS) c++.prev
+	@$(call LINK_PROGRESS,$(INDEX.c++),start)
 	+$(LLINKER) $(ALL_LINKERFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ \
 	      $(CXX_OBJS) cc1plus-checksum.o $(BACKEND) $(LIBS) $(BACKENDLIBS)
+	@$(call LINK_PROGRESS,$(INDEX.c++),end)
 
 ifeq ($(ENABLE_MAINTAINER_RULES), true)
 # Special build rule.  This is a maintainer rule, that is only
diff --git a/gcc/d/Make-lang.in b/gcc/d/Make-lang.in
index 18d99abab35..0242c9cc04e 100644
--- a/gcc/d/Make-lang.in
+++ b/gcc/d/Make-lang.in
@@ -27,9 +27,10 @@ D_LIBPHOBOS = -DLIBPHOBOS=\"gphobos\"
 
 # The name for selecting d in LANGUAGES.
 d: d21$(exeext)
+d.serial: d
 
 # Tell GNU make to ignore these if they exist.
-.PHONY: d
+.PHONY: d d.serial d.prev
 
 # Create the compiler driver for D.
 CFLAGS-d/d-spec.o += $(DRIVER_DEFINES) $(D_LIBPHOBOS)
@@ -162,9 +163,11 @@ D_ALL_OBJS = $(D_FRONTEND_OBJS) $(D_GENERATED_OBJS) $(D_OBJS) $(D_TARGET_OBJS)
 
 d_OBJS = $(D_ALL_OBJS) d/d-spec.o
 
-d21$(exeext): $(D_ALL_OBJS) attribs.o $(BACKEND) $(LIBDEPS)
+d21$(exeext): $(D_ALL_OBJS) attribs.o $(BACKEND) $(LIBDEPS) d.prev
+	@$(call LINK_PROGRESS,$(INDEX.d),start)
 	+$(LLINKER) $(ALL_LINKERFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ \
 		$(D_ALL_OBJS) attribs.o $(BACKEND) $(LIBS) $(BACKENDLIBS)
+	@$(call LINK_PROGRESS,$(INDEX.d),end)
 
 # Documentation.
 
diff --git a/gcc/doc/install.texi b/gcc/doc/install.texi
index e8fd34c6494..297831fda55 100644
--- a/gcc/doc/install.texi
+++ b/gcc/doc/install.texi
@@ -1564,6 +1564,14 @@ When building GCC, use a mutex to avoid linking the compilers for
 multiple languages at the same time, to avoid thrashing on build
 systems with limited free memory.  The default is not to use such a mutex.
 
+@item --enable-link-serialization
+When building GCC, use make dependencies to serialize linking the compilers for
+multiple languages, to avoid thrashing on build
+systems with limited free memory.  The default is not to add such
+dependencies and thus with parallel make potentially link different
+compilers concurrently.  If the argument is a positive integer, allow
+that number of concurrent link processes for the large binaries.
+
 @item --enable-maintainer-mode
 The build rules that regenerate the Autoconf and Automake output files as
 well as the GCC master message catalog @file{gcc.pot} are normally
diff --git a/gcc/fortran/Make-lang.in b/gcc/fortran/Make-lang.in
index 977db6092bc..ea2e49bc086 100644
--- a/gcc/fortran/Make-lang.in
+++ b/gcc/fortran/Make-lang.in
@@ -72,9 +72,10 @@ fortran_OBJS = $(F95_OBJS) fortran/gfortranspec.o
 #
 # Define the names for selecting gfortran in LANGUAGES.
 fortran: f951$(exeext)
+fortran.serial: fortran
 
 # Tell GNU make to ignore files by these names if they exist.
-.PHONY: fortran
+.PHONY: fortran fortran.serial fortran.prev
 
 CFLAGS-fortran/gfortranspec.o += $(DRIVER_DEFINES)
 
@@ -92,11 +93,12 @@ gfortran-cross$(exeext): gfortran$(exeext)
 	cp gfortran$(exeext) gfortran-cross$(exeext)
 
 # The compiler itself is called f951.
-f951$(exeext): $(F95_OBJS) \
-		$(BACKEND) $(LIBDEPS) attribs.o
+f951$(exeext): $(F95_OBJS) $(BACKEND) $(LIBDEPS) attribs.o fortran.prev
+	@$(call LINK_PROGRESS,$(INDEX.fortran),start)
 	+$(LLINKER) $(ALL_LINKERFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ \
 		$(F95_OBJS) $(BACKEND) $(ZLIB) $(LIBS) attribs.o \
 		$(BACKENDLIBS)
+	@$(call LINK_PROGRESS,$(INDEX.fortran),end)
 
 gt-fortran-trans.h    : s-gtype; @true
 #
diff --git a/gcc/go/Make-lang.in b/gcc/go/Make-lang.in
index ce711b2cbde..7c586cbb535 100644
--- a/gcc/go/Make-lang.in
+++ b/gcc/go/Make-lang.in
@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@ GCCGO_TARGET_INSTALL_NAME := $(target_noncanonical)-$(shell echo gccgo|sed '$(pr
 
 # The name for selecting go in LANGUAGES.
 go: go1$(exeext)
+go.serial: go
 
-.PHONY: go
+.PHONY: go go.serial go.prev
 
 CFLAGS-go/gospec.o += $(DRIVER_DEFINES)
 
@@ -78,9 +79,11 @@ GO_OBJS = \
 
 go_OBJS = $(GO_OBJS) go/gospec.o
 
-go1$(exeext): $(GO_OBJS) attribs.o $(BACKEND) $(LIBDEPS)
+go1$(exeext): $(GO_OBJS) attribs.o $(BACKEND) $(LIBDEPS) go.prev
+	@$(call LINK_PROGRESS,$(INDEX.go),start)
 	+$(LLINKER) $(ALL_LINKERFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ \
 	      $(GO_OBJS) attribs.o $(BACKEND) $(LIBS) $(BACKENDLIBS)
+	@$(call LINK_PROGRESS,$(INDEX.go),end)
 
 # Documentation.
 
diff --git a/gcc/jit/Make-lang.in b/gcc/jit/Make-lang.in
index 3b543926c98..012f62d830c 100644
--- a/gcc/jit/Make-lang.in
+++ b/gcc/jit/Make-lang.in
@@ -81,8 +81,10 @@ jit: $(LIBGCCJIT_FILENAME) \
 	$(FULL_DRIVER_NAME)
 endif
 
+jit.serial: $(LIBGCCJIT_FILENAME)
+
 # Tell GNU make to ignore these if they exist.
-.PHONY: jit
+.PHONY: jit jit.serial jit.prev
 
 jit_OBJS = attribs.o \
 	jit/dummy-frontend.o \
@@ -117,12 +119,14 @@ $(LIBGCCJIT_FILENAME): $(jit_OBJS) \
 	libbackend.a libcommon-target.a libcommon.a \
 	$(CPPLIB) $(LIBDECNUMBER) \
 	$(LIBDEPS) $(srcdir)/jit/libgccjit.map \
-	$(EXTRA_GCC_OBJS)
+	$(EXTRA_GCC_OBJS) jit.prev
+	@$(call LINK_PROGRESS,$(INDEX.jit),start)
 	+$(LLINKER) $(ALL_LINKERFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ -shared \
 	     $(jit_OBJS) libbackend.a libcommon-target.a libcommon.a \
 	     $(CPPLIB) $(LIBDECNUMBER) $(EXTRA_GCC_LIBS) $(LIBS) $(BACKENDLIBS) \
 	     $(EXTRA_GCC_OBJS) \
 	     $(LIBGCCJIT_EXTRA_OPTS)
+	@$(call LINK_PROGRESS,$(INDEX.jit),end)
 
 # Create symlinks when not building for Windows
 ifeq (,$(findstring mingw,$(target)))
diff --git a/gcc/lto/Make-lang.in b/gcc/lto/Make-lang.in
index 0b73f9ef7bb..4a03f1930c4 100644
--- a/gcc/lto/Make-lang.in
+++ b/gcc/lto/Make-lang.in
@@ -41,10 +41,16 @@ lto_dump_OBJS = $(LTO_DUMP_OBJS)
 
 # Rules
 
+lto: $(LTO_EXE) $(LTO_DUMP_EXE)
+lto1.serial: $(LTO_EXE)
+lto2.serial: $(LTO_DUMP_EXE)
+
+.PHONY: lto lto1.serial lto1.prev lto2.serial lto2.prev
+
 # These hooks are used by the main GCC Makefile.  Consult that
 # Makefile for documentation.
-lto.all.cross: $(LTO_EXE) $(LTO_DUMP_EXE)
-lto.start.encap: $(LTO_EXE) $(LTO_DUMP_EXE)
+lto.all.cross:
+lto.start.encap:
 lto.rest.encap:
 lto.tags:
 lto.install-common: installdirs
@@ -84,13 +90,17 @@ lto.stagefeedback:
 # Use strict warnings for this front end.
 lto-warn = $(STRICT_WARN)
 
-$(LTO_EXE): $(LTO_OBJS) $(BACKEND) $(LIBDEPS)
+$(LTO_EXE): $(LTO_OBJS) $(BACKEND) $(LIBDEPS) lto1.prev
+	@$(call LINK_PROGRESS,$(INDEX.lto1),start)
 	+$(LLINKER) $(ALL_LINKERFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ \
 		$(LTO_OBJS) $(BACKEND) $(BACKENDLIBS) $(LIBS)
+	@$(call LINK_PROGRESS,$(INDEX.lto1),end)
 
-$(LTO_DUMP_EXE): $(LTO_DUMP_OBJS) $(BACKEND) $(LIBDEPS)
+$(LTO_DUMP_EXE): $(LTO_DUMP_OBJS) $(BACKEND) $(LIBDEPS) lto2.prev
+	@$(call LINK_PROGRESS,$(INDEX.lto2),start)
 	+$(LLINKER) $(ALL_LINKERFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ \
 		$(LTO_DUMP_OBJS) $(BACKEND) $(BACKENDLIBS) $(LIBS)
+	@$(call LINK_PROGRESS,$(INDEX.lto2),end)
 
 lto/lto-dump.o: $(LTO_OBJS)
 
diff --git a/gcc/objc/Make-lang.in b/gcc/objc/Make-lang.in
index add1355a096..a19befb68a0 100644
--- a/gcc/objc/Make-lang.in
+++ b/gcc/objc/Make-lang.in
@@ -38,9 +38,10 @@
 #
 # Define the names for selecting Objective-C in LANGUAGES.
 objc: cc1obj$(exeext)
+objc.serial: objc
 
 # Tell GNU make to ignore these if they exist.
-.PHONY: objc
+.PHONY: objc objc.serial objc.prev
 
 # Use maximal warnings for this front end.
 objc-warn = $(STRICT_WARN)
@@ -62,10 +63,13 @@ cc1obj-checksum.c : build/genchecksum$(build_exeext) checksum-options \
         $(BACKEND) $(LIBDEPS) checksum-options > cc1obj-checksum.c.tmp && \
 	$(srcdir)/../move-if-change cc1obj-checksum.c.tmp cc1obj-checksum.c
 
-cc1obj$(exeext): $(OBJC_OBJS) $(C_AND_OBJC_OBJS) cc1obj-checksum.o $(BACKEND) $(LIBDEPS)
+cc1obj$(exeext): $(OBJC_OBJS) $(C_AND_OBJC_OBJS) cc1obj-checksum.o $(BACKEND) \
+		 $(LIBDEPS) objc.prev
+	@$(call LINK_PROGRESS,$(INDEX.objc),start)
 	+$(LLINKER) $(ALL_LINKERFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ \
 	      $(OBJC_OBJS) $(C_AND_OBJC_OBJS) cc1obj-checksum.o \
 	      $(BACKEND) $(LIBS) $(BACKENDLIBS)
+	@$(call LINK_PROGRESS,$(INDEX.objc),end)
 
 objc.srcextra:
 
diff --git a/gcc/objcp/Make-lang.in b/gcc/objcp/Make-lang.in
index 5bfef2410f2..2f6954e37c0 100644
--- a/gcc/objcp/Make-lang.in
+++ b/gcc/objcp/Make-lang.in
@@ -39,9 +39,10 @@
 #
 # Define the names for selecting Objective-C++ in LANGUAGES.
 obj-c++: cc1objplus$(exeext)
+obj-c++.serial: obj-c++
 
 # Tell GNU make to ignore these if they exist.
-.PHONY: obj-c++
+.PHONY: obj-c++ obj-c++.serial obj-c++.prev
 
 # Use maximal warnings for this front end.  Also, make ObjC and C++
 # headers accessible.
@@ -66,9 +67,12 @@ cc1objplus-checksum.c : build/genchecksum$(build_exeext) checksum-options \
 	$(srcdir)/../move-if-change cc1objplus-checksum.c.tmp \
 	cc1objplus-checksum.c
 
-cc1objplus$(exeext): $(OBJCXX_OBJS) cc1objplus-checksum.o $(BACKEND) $(LIBDEPS)
+cc1objplus$(exeext): $(OBJCXX_OBJS) cc1objplus-checksum.o $(BACKEND) \
+		     $(LIBDEPS) obj-c++.prev
+	@$(call LINK_PROGRESS,$(INDEX.obj-c++),start)
 	+$(LLINKER) $(ALL_LINKERFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ \
 		$(OBJCXX_OBJS) cc1objplus-checksum.o $(BACKEND) $(LIBS) $(BACKENDLIBS)
+	@$(call LINK_PROGRESS,$(INDEX.obj-c++),end)
 
 # Objective C++ language specific files.