diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 1bff38c2..7c1df1f8 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@ llvm-toolchain-3.2 (1:3.2repack-1~exp4) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * debian/patches/r600-snapshot.diff: Update to mesa-9.1 git tag.
     (Closes: #703671, #697356)
 
+  [ Peter Michael Green ]
+  * Use binutils-gold only on architectures where it is actually available
+  * 33-armhf-defaults.diff Fix defaults to use correct CPU and FPU for
+    debian  armhf (Closes: #704111)
+  * 34-powerpc-no-altivec.diff disable altivec by default on powerpc because
+    debian powerpc does not require altivec (patch cherry picked from ubuntu)
+
  -- Sylvestre Ledru <sylvestre@debian.org>  Thu, 14 Mar 2013 17:47:12 +0100
 
 llvm-toolchain-3.2 (1:3.2repack-1~exp3) experimental; urgency=low
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 63ba740d..7280e459 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9.0), flex, bison, dejagnu, tcl8.5, expect,
     sharutils, autotools-dev (>= 20060702.1), libffi-dev (>= 3.0.9),
     lsb-release, patchutils, diffstat, xz-utils, chrpath, python-dev,
     libedit-dev, swig, python-sphinx, ocaml-nox, binutils-dev, libcloog-isl-dev,
-    libisl-dev (>= 0.11.1), binutils-gold
+    libisl-dev (>= 0.11.1), binutils-gold [amd64 armel armhf i386 powerpc powerpcspe ppc64 sparc sparc64 x32]
 Build-Conflicts: oprofile, ocaml
 Standards-Version: 3.9.3
 Homepage: http://www.llvm.org/
diff --git a/debian/patches/33-armhf-defaults.diff b/debian/patches/33-armhf-defaults.diff
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9e13f974
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/33-armhf-defaults.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+Description: Fix defaults to use correct CPU and FPU on armhf
+  Clang was defaulting to a rediculously low CPU on armhf, furthermore when
+  The correct CPU is selected it defaults to incorrect FPU options for 
+  debian. This patch sets the defaults to appropriate values.
+Author: Peter Michael Green <plugwash@raspbian.org>
+Bug-Debian: http://bugs.debian.org/704111
+
+---
+The information above should follow the Patch Tagging Guidelines, please
+checkout http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep3/ to learn about the format. Here
+are templates for supplementary fields that you might want to add:
+
+Origin: <vendor|upstream|other>, <url of original patch>
+Bug: <url in upstream bugtracker>
+Bug-Debian: http://bugs.debian.org/<bugnumber>
+Bug-Ubuntu: https://launchpad.net/bugs/<bugnumber>
+Forwarded: <no|not-needed|url proving that it has been forwarded>
+Reviewed-By: <name and email of someone who approved the patch>
+Last-Update: <YYYY-MM-DD>
+
+Index: llvm-toolchain_3.3~svn178632/clang/lib/Driver/Tools.cpp
+===================================================================
+--- llvm-toolchain_3.3~svn178632.orig/clang/lib/Driver/Tools.cpp	2013-04-03 13:09:56.000000000 +0200
++++ llvm-toolchain_3.3~svn178632/clang/lib/Driver/Tools.cpp	2013-04-03 13:11:39.000000000 +0200
+@@ -489,6 +489,9 @@
+   if (Arg *A = Args.getLastArg(options::OPT_march_EQ)) {
+     // Otherwise, if we have -march= choose the base CPU for that arch.
+     MArch = A->getValue();
++  } else if (Triple.getEnvironment() == llvm::Triple::GNUEABIHF) {
++    // Use armv6 for armhf (raspbian version of patch)
++    MArch = "armv7-a";
+   } else {
+     // Otherwise, use the Arch from the triple.
+     MArch = Triple.getArchName();
+@@ -779,8 +782,19 @@
+   }
+ 
+   // Honor -mfpu=.
+-  if (const Arg *A = Args.getLastArg(options::OPT_mfpu_EQ))
++  if (const Arg *A = Args.getLastArg(options::OPT_mfpu_EQ)) {
+     addFPUArgs(D, A, Args, CmdArgs);
++  } else {
++    if (StringRef(CPUName).startswith("cortex-a")) {
++      //Debian armhf uses vfpv3-d16 
++      CmdArgs.push_back("-target-feature");
++      CmdArgs.push_back("+vfp3");
++      CmdArgs.push_back("-target-feature");
++      CmdArgs.push_back("+d16");
++      CmdArgs.push_back("-target-feature");
++      CmdArgs.push_back("-neon");
++    }
++  }
+ 
+   // Honor -mfpmath=.
+   if (const Arg *A = Args.getLastArg(options::OPT_mfpmath_EQ))
diff --git a/debian/patches/34-powerpc-no-altivec.diff b/debian/patches/34-powerpc-no-altivec.diff
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..de1dada3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/34-powerpc-no-altivec.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+Description: Make sure PowerPC doesn't default to altivec on
+Author: Adam Conrad <adconrad@ubuntu.com>
+Author: Peter Michael Green <plugwash@debian.org>
+Forwarded: no
+Reviewed-By: Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>
+
+Last-Update: 2013-04-01
+
+Index: clang-3.2.new/clang/lib/Lex/Makefile
+===================================================================
+--- clang-3.2.new.orig/clang/lib/Lex/Makefile	2013-04-01 02:32:35.000000000 +0000
++++ clang-3.2.new/clang/lib/Lex/Makefile	2013-04-01 02:32:03.000000000 +0000
+@@ -16,11 +16,5 @@
+ 
+ LIBRARYNAME := clangLex
+ 
+-ifeq ($(ARCH),PowerPC)
+-ifneq ($(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_ARCH),powerpcspe)
+-CXX.Flags += -maltivec
+-endif
+-endif
+-
+ include $(CLANG_LEVEL)/Makefile
+ 
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index 154b4c97..3708df99 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -33,4 +33,6 @@ declare_clear_cache.diff
 0101-LegalizeDAG-Allow-type-promotion-for-scalar-stores.patch
 0102-LegalizeDAG-Allow-type-promotion-of-scalar-loads.patch
 0103-DAGCombiner-Avoid-generating-illegal-vector-INT_TO_F.patch
+33-armhf-defaults.diff
+34-powerpc-no-altivec.diff