diff --git a/src/tools/gcc.jam b/src/tools/gcc.jam
index 7646d0e92..9e217e6ae 100644
--- a/src/tools/gcc.jam
+++ b/src/tools/gcc.jam
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ rule compile.asm ( targets * : sources * : properties * )
 
 actions compile.asm
 {
-    "$(CONFIG_COMMAND)" $(LANG) $(OPTIONS) -D$(DEFINES) -I"$(INCLUDES)" -c -o "$(<)" "$(>)"
+    "$(CONFIG_COMMAND)" $(LANG) $(OPTIONS) $(USER_OPTIONS) -D$(DEFINES) -I"$(INCLUDES)" -c -o "$(<)" "$(>)"
 }
 
 ###
@@ -796,6 +796,7 @@ toolset.flags gcc.compile.c++ OPTIONS <exception-handling>off : -fno-exceptions
 
 toolset.flags gcc.compile USER_OPTIONS <cflags> ;
 toolset.flags gcc.compile.c++ USER_OPTIONS <cxxflags> ;
+toolset.flags gcc.compile.asm USER_OPTIONS <asmflags> ;
 toolset.flags gcc.compile DEFINES <define> ;
 toolset.flags gcc.compile INCLUDES <include> ;
 toolset.flags gcc.compile.c++ TEMPLATE_DEPTH <c++-template-depth> ;