diff --git a/libcpp/ChangeLog b/libcpp/ChangeLog
index 622260391da..4c2eee4411d 100644
--- a/libcpp/ChangeLog
+++ b/libcpp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2020-05-23  David Edelsohn  <dje.gcc@gmail.com>
+
+	* Makefile.in (AR): Substitute @AR@.
+	* configure.ac (CHECK_PROG AR): New.
+	* configure: Regenerate.
+
 2020-05-20  Nathan Sidwell  <nathan@acm.org>
 
 	* internal.h (typedef _cpp_file): Delete, unnecessary in C++.
diff --git a/libcpp/Makefile.in b/libcpp/Makefile.in
index ebbca07f542..5fbba9b9c76 100644
--- a/libcpp/Makefile.in
+++ b/libcpp/Makefile.in
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ srcdir = @srcdir@
 top_builddir = .
 VPATH = @srcdir@
 INSTALL = @INSTALL@
-AR = ar
+AR = @AR@
 ARFLAGS = cru
 ACLOCAL = @ACLOCAL@
 AUTOCONF = @AUTOCONF@
diff --git a/libcpp/configure b/libcpp/configure
index 7f02d6b4a9e..6a967cff6ac 100755
--- a/libcpp/configure
+++ b/libcpp/configure
@@ -658,6 +658,7 @@ ACLOCAL
 EGREP
 GREP
 CPP
+AR
 RANLIB
 ac_ct_CXX
 CXXFLAGS
@@ -4011,6 +4012,98 @@ else
   RANLIB="$ac_cv_prog_RANLIB"
 fi
 
+if test -n "$ac_tool_prefix"; then
+  # Extract the first word of "${ac_tool_prefix}ar", so it can be a program name with args.
+set dummy ${ac_tool_prefix}ar; ac_word=$2
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for $ac_word... " >&6; }
+if ${ac_cv_prog_AR+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  if test -n "$AR"; then
+  ac_cv_prog_AR="$AR" # Let the user override the test.
+else
+as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
+for as_dir in $PATH
+do
+  IFS=$as_save_IFS
+  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
+    for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
+  if as_fn_executable_p "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; then
+    ac_cv_prog_AR="${ac_tool_prefix}ar"
+    $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
+    break 2
+  fi
+done
+  done
+IFS=$as_save_IFS
+
+fi
+fi
+AR=$ac_cv_prog_AR
+if test -n "$AR"; then
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $AR" >&5
+$as_echo "$AR" >&6; }
+else
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
+$as_echo "no" >&6; }
+fi
+
+
+fi
+if test -z "$ac_cv_prog_AR"; then
+  ac_ct_AR=$AR
+  # Extract the first word of "ar", so it can be a program name with args.
+set dummy ar; ac_word=$2
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for $ac_word... " >&6; }
+if ${ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_AR+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  if test -n "$ac_ct_AR"; then
+  ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_AR="$ac_ct_AR" # Let the user override the test.
+else
+as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
+for as_dir in $PATH
+do
+  IFS=$as_save_IFS
+  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
+    for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
+  if as_fn_executable_p "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; then
+    ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_AR="ar"
+    $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
+    break 2
+  fi
+done
+  done
+IFS=$as_save_IFS
+
+fi
+fi
+ac_ct_AR=$ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_AR
+if test -n "$ac_ct_AR"; then
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_ct_AR" >&5
+$as_echo "$ac_ct_AR" >&6; }
+else
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
+$as_echo "no" >&6; }
+fi
+
+  if test "x$ac_ct_AR" = x; then
+    AR=""
+  else
+    case $cross_compiling:$ac_tool_warned in
+yes:)
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: using cross tools not prefixed with host triplet" >&5
+$as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: using cross tools not prefixed with host triplet" >&2;}
+ac_tool_warned=yes ;;
+esac
+    AR=$ac_ct_AR
+  fi
+else
+  AR="$ac_cv_prog_AR"
+fi
+
 
 
 ac_ext=c
diff --git a/libcpp/configure.ac b/libcpp/configure.ac
index 540efeb4629..1efa96f7ca3 100644
--- a/libcpp/configure.ac
+++ b/libcpp/configure.ac
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ AC_PROG_INSTALL
 AC_PROG_CC
 AC_PROG_CXX
 AC_PROG_RANLIB
+AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar)
 
 AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS
 AC_SYS_LARGEFILE
diff --git a/libdecnumber/ChangeLog b/libdecnumber/ChangeLog
index 75627e4825d..d9d276784f7 100644
--- a/libdecnumber/ChangeLog
+++ b/libdecnumber/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2020-05-23  David Edelsohn  <dje.gcc@gmail.com>
+
+	* Makefile.in (AR): Substitute @AR@.
+	* configure.ac (CHECK_PROG AR): New.
+	* configure: Regenerate.
+
 2020-05-14  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
 	* configure: Regenerated.
diff --git a/libdecnumber/Makefile.in b/libdecnumber/Makefile.in
index 9260b4849c8..9da028d7f2f 100644
--- a/libdecnumber/Makefile.in
+++ b/libdecnumber/Makefile.in
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ srcdir = @srcdir@
 top_builddir = .
 VPATH = @srcdir@
 INSTALL = @INSTALL@
-AR = ar
+AR = @AR@
 ARFLAGS = cru
 ACLOCAL = @ACLOCAL@
 AUTOCONF = @AUTOCONF@
diff --git a/libdecnumber/configure b/libdecnumber/configure
index c2c8040f5f3..577b250930c 100755
--- a/libdecnumber/configure
+++ b/libdecnumber/configure
@@ -651,6 +651,7 @@ WARN_CFLAGS
 AUTOHEADER
 AUTOCONF
 ACLOCAL
+AR
 RANLIB
 OBJEXT
 EXEEXT
@@ -3247,6 +3248,98 @@ else
   RANLIB="$ac_cv_prog_RANLIB"
 fi
 
+if test -n "$ac_tool_prefix"; then
+  # Extract the first word of "${ac_tool_prefix}ar", so it can be a program name with args.
+set dummy ${ac_tool_prefix}ar; ac_word=$2
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for $ac_word... " >&6; }
+if ${ac_cv_prog_AR+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  if test -n "$AR"; then
+  ac_cv_prog_AR="$AR" # Let the user override the test.
+else
+as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
+for as_dir in $PATH
+do
+  IFS=$as_save_IFS
+  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
+    for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
+  if as_fn_executable_p "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; then
+    ac_cv_prog_AR="${ac_tool_prefix}ar"
+    $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
+    break 2
+  fi
+done
+  done
+IFS=$as_save_IFS
+
+fi
+fi
+AR=$ac_cv_prog_AR
+if test -n "$AR"; then
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $AR" >&5
+$as_echo "$AR" >&6; }
+else
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
+$as_echo "no" >&6; }
+fi
+
+
+fi
+if test -z "$ac_cv_prog_AR"; then
+  ac_ct_AR=$AR
+  # Extract the first word of "ar", so it can be a program name with args.
+set dummy ar; ac_word=$2
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for $ac_word... " >&6; }
+if ${ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_AR+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  if test -n "$ac_ct_AR"; then
+  ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_AR="$ac_ct_AR" # Let the user override the test.
+else
+as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
+for as_dir in $PATH
+do
+  IFS=$as_save_IFS
+  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
+    for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
+  if as_fn_executable_p "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; then
+    ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_AR="ar"
+    $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
+    break 2
+  fi
+done
+  done
+IFS=$as_save_IFS
+
+fi
+fi
+ac_ct_AR=$ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_AR
+if test -n "$ac_ct_AR"; then
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_ct_AR" >&5
+$as_echo "$ac_ct_AR" >&6; }
+else
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
+$as_echo "no" >&6; }
+fi
+
+  if test "x$ac_ct_AR" = x; then
+    AR=""
+  else
+    case $cross_compiling:$ac_tool_warned in
+yes:)
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: using cross tools not prefixed with host triplet" >&5
+$as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: using cross tools not prefixed with host triplet" >&2;}
+ac_tool_warned=yes ;;
+esac
+    AR=$ac_ct_AR
+  fi
+else
+  AR="$ac_cv_prog_AR"
+fi
+
 
 MISSING=`cd $ac_aux_dir && ${PWDCMD-pwd}`/missing
 for ac_prog in aclocal
diff --git a/libdecnumber/configure.ac b/libdecnumber/configure.ac
index de7e0088ceb..ae475a02c23 100644
--- a/libdecnumber/configure.ac
+++ b/libdecnumber/configure.ac
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(..)
 AC_PROG_MAKE_SET
 AC_PROG_CC
 AC_PROG_RANLIB
+AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar)
 
 MISSING=`cd $ac_aux_dir && ${PWDCMD-pwd}`/missing
 AC_CHECK_PROGS([ACLOCAL], [aclocal], [$MISSING aclocal])