diff --git a/altcross.sh b/altcross.sh
index 55263e6..771b3c0 100755
--- a/altcross.sh
+++ b/altcross.sh
@@ -124,6 +124,12 @@ make -j$(nproc) install DESTDIR="$INSTALLDIR"
 # set /lib64/ld-linux-aarch64.so.1 as ELF interpreter
 $INSTALLDIR/bin/${TARGET}-gcc -dumpspecs > $BUILDDIR/specs
 sed -e 's;/lib/ld-linux-aarch64;/lib64/ld-linux-aarch64;g' -i $BUILDDIR/specs
+
+# Use aarch64-linux-gnu-as instead of generic `as`
+sed -e "/^[*]invoke_as:/,/^[*]cpp:/ s; as ; ../../../../bin/${TARGET}-as ;" -i $BUILDDIR/specs
+# Same for objcopy
+sed -e "s; objcopy ; ../../../../bin/${TARGET}-objcopy /" -i $BUILDDIR/specs
+
 mv $BUILDDIR/specs "$INSTALLDIR/lib/gcc/$TARGET/${GCC_MAJOR_VERSION}/"
 
 # relocate libgcc_s
diff --git a/cross-toolchain.spec b/cross-toolchain.spec
index 8a1bb90..3969614 100644
--- a/cross-toolchain.spec
+++ b/cross-toolchain.spec
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ ExclusiveArch: x86_64
 %define glibc_evr 2.27-alt13
 %define kernel_version 5.4
 
-%define sysroot %prefix/%target/sys-root
+%define sysroot %prefix/lib/%target/sys-root
 %define target_ld_linux /lib64/ld-linux-aarch64.so.1
 
 Summary: aarch64-targeted GCC cross-toolchain
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ export PATH=`pwd`/stage%prefix/bin:$PATH
 	headers_install
 
 cd obj_binutils
-%make_install install DESTDIR=%buildroot
+%make_install install DESTDIR=%buildroot tooldir=%prefix/libexec/gcc/%target
 
 cd ../obj_glibc
 %make_install install DESTDIR=%buildroot%sysroot
@@ -189,7 +189,15 @@ rmdir %buildroot%prefix/lib/gcc/%target/lib64
 # Make sure cross-toolchain we build does the same thing.
 %buildroot%prefix/bin/%target-gcc -dumpspecs > specs
 sed -e "s;/lib/ld-linux-aarch64;/lib64/ld-linux-aarch64;g" -i specs
+
+# Assembler: %%target-as.
+# Path is relative to %%prefix/lib/gcc/%%target/%%gcc_branch
+sed -e '/^[*]invoke_as:/,/^[*]cpp:/ s; as ; ../../../../bin/%target-as ;' -i specs
+# objcopy: %%target-objcopy
+sed -e 's; objcopy ; ../../../../bin/%target-objcopy ;' -i specs
 install -m 644 specs %buildroot%prefix/lib/gcc/%target/%gcc_branch/specs
+# Note: collect2 (GCCs linker wrapper) searches for %%target-ld on its own.
+# Alas it does not use relative paths and is not adjustable via the specs file
 
 # XXX: ABI: which is correct location of ELF interpreter for aarch64?
 # Native glibc provides ld-linux-aarch64.so.1 in both /lib64 and /lib.
@@ -251,7 +259,10 @@ EOF
 
 gcc_runtime_libdir=`dirname $(%buildroot%prefix/bin/%target-gcc --print-libgcc-file-name)`
 
+# XXX: PATH= is necessary for collect2 to find %%target-ld
+env PATH=%buildroot%prefix/bin:$PATH \
 %buildroot%prefix/bin/%target-gcc -o hello_c hello.c || exit 2
+env PATH=%buildroot%prefix/bin:$PATH \
 %buildroot%prefix/bin/%target-g++ -o hello_cpp hello.cpp || exit 3
 
 # Note: LD_LIBRARY_PATH is for **target** ld.so.
@@ -266,8 +277,6 @@ env LD_LIBRARY_PATH=%buildroot%sysroot/lib64:${gcc_runtime_libdir} \
 %_bindir/*
 %prefix/lib/gcc/%target/%gcc_branch/*
 %prefix/libexec/gcc/%target/*
-%prefix/%target/bin/*
-%prefix/%target/lib/ldscripts/*
 %sysroot/usr/include/*
 # XXX: gcc needs %%sysroot/usr/lib to locate C runtime (crt1.o)
 %sysroot/usr/lib