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This patch has been taken from:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=3305366&group_id=22049&atid=373085

--- a/SCons/Tools/crossmingw.py
+++ b/SCons/Tools/crossmingw.py
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ prefixes = SCons.Util.Split("""
 """)
 
 def find(env):
+    if env.has_key('MINGW_CROSS_PREFIX'):
+        return env['MINGW_CROSS_PREFIX']
+
     for prefix in prefixes:
         # First search in the SCons path and then the OS path:
         if env.WhereIs(prefix + 'gcc') or SCons.Util.WhereIs(prefix + 'gcc'):
diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 80872bc..4f113dd 100755
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ doc = [
 
 path = ARGUMENTS.get('PATH', '')
 toolset = ARGUMENTS.get('TOOLSET', '')
+mingw_cross_prefix = ARGUMENTS.get('MINGW_CROSS_PREFIX', '')
 
 if toolset and path:
 	defenv = Environment(ENV = {'PATH' : path}, TOOLS = toolset.split(',') + ['zip'])
@@ -69,6 +70,8 @@ else:
 		defenv = Environment(TOOLS = toolset.split(',') + ['zip'])
 if not toolset and not path:
 	defenv = Environment()
+if mingw_cross_prefix:
+	defenv['MINGW_CROSS_PREFIX'] = mingw_cross_prefix
 
 Export('defenv')
 
