diff --git a/src/tools/gcc.jam b/src/tools/gcc.jam
index 3516b94d0..691437d9e 100644
--- a/src/tools/gcc.jam
+++ b/src/tools/gcc.jam
@@ -298,6 +298,7 @@ flags gcc.compile OPTIONS <warnings-as-errors>on : -Werror ;
 
 flags gcc.compile OPTIONS <debug-symbols>on : -g ;
 flags gcc.compile OPTIONS <profiling>on : -pg ;
+flags gcc.compile OPTIONS <rtti>off : -fno-rtti ;
 
 # On cygwin and mingw, gcc generates position independent code by default, and
 # warns if -fPIC is specified. This might not be the right way of checking if