diff --git a/reactos/tools/rbuild/backend/mingw/mingw.cpp b/reactos/tools/rbuild/backend/mingw/mingw.cpp
index b16197aca9f..7ecf501dcec 100644
--- a/reactos/tools/rbuild/backend/mingw/mingw.cpp
+++ b/reactos/tools/rbuild/backend/mingw/mingw.cpp
@@ -206,7 +206,8 @@ MingwBackend::Process ()
 {
 	size_t i;
 
-	DetectPCHSupport();
+	DetectPipeSupport ();
+	DetectPCHSupport ();
 
 	CreateMakefile ();
 	GenerateHeader ();
@@ -515,30 +516,65 @@ FixupTargetFilename ( const string& targetFilename )
 }
 
 void
-MingwBackend::DetectPCHSupport()
+MingwBackend::DetectPipeSupport ()
 {
-#ifdef WIN32
-	string sNUL = "NUL";
-#else
-	string sNUL = "/dev/null";
-#endif
-	string path = "tools" SSEP "rbuild" SSEP "backend" SSEP "mingw" SSEP "pch_detection.h";
-	string cmd = ssprintf(
-		"gcc -c %s 2>%s",
-		path.c_str (),
-		sNUL.c_str () );
-	system ( cmd.c_str() );
-	path += ".gch";
+	printf ( "Detecting compiler -pipe support..." );
 
-	FILE* f = fopen ( path.c_str(), "rb" );
+	string pipe_detection = "tools" SSEP "rbuild" SSEP "backend" SSEP "mingw" SSEP "pipe_detection.c";
+	string pipe_detectionObjectFilename = ReplaceExtension ( pipe_detection,
+	                                                         ".o" );
+	string command = ssprintf (
+		"gcc -pipe -c %s -o %s 2>%s",
+		pipe_detection.c_str (),
+		pipe_detectionObjectFilename.c_str (),
+		NUL );
+	int exitcode = system ( command.c_str () );
+	FILE* f = fopen ( pipe_detectionObjectFilename.c_str (), "rb" );
 	if ( f )
 	{
-		use_pch = true;
-		fclose(f);
-		unlink ( path.c_str() );
+		usePipe = (exitcode == 0);
+		fclose ( f );
+		unlink ( pipe_detectionObjectFilename.c_str () );
 	}
 	else
-		use_pch = false;
+		usePipe = false;
+
+	if ( usePipe )
+		printf ( "detected\n" );
+	else
+		printf ( "not detected\n" );
+
+	// TODO FIXME - eventually check for ROS_USE_PCH env var and
+	// allow that to override use_pch if true
+}
+
+void
+MingwBackend::DetectPCHSupport ()
+{
+	printf ( "Detecting compiler pre-compiled header support..." );
+
+	string path = "tools" SSEP "rbuild" SSEP "backend" SSEP "mingw" SSEP "pch_detection.h";
+	string cmd = ssprintf (
+		"gcc -c %s 2>%s",
+		path.c_str (),
+		NUL );
+	system ( cmd.c_str () );
+	path += ".gch";
+
+	FILE* f = fopen ( path.c_str (), "rb" );
+	if ( f )
+	{
+		use_pch = true;
+		fclose ( f );
+		unlink ( path.c_str () );
+	}
+	else
+		use_pch = false;
+
+	if ( use_pch )
+		printf ( "detected\n" );
+	else
+		printf ( "not detected\n" );
 
 	// TODO FIXME - eventually check for ROS_USE_PCH env var and
 	// allow that to override use_pch if true
diff --git a/reactos/tools/rbuild/backend/mingw/mingw.h b/reactos/tools/rbuild/backend/mingw/mingw.h
index 1ab974bcaac..96162123581 100644
--- a/reactos/tools/rbuild/backend/mingw/mingw.h
+++ b/reactos/tools/rbuild/backend/mingw/mingw.h
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 
 #include "../backend.h"
 
+#ifdef WIN32
+	#define NUL "NUL"
+#else
+	#define NUL "/dev/null"
+#endif
+
 class Directory;
 class MingwModuleHandler;
 
@@ -13,6 +19,7 @@ public:
 	virtual ~MingwBackend ();
 	virtual void Process ();
 	std::string AddDirectoryTarget ( const std::string& directory, bool out );
+	bool usePipe;
 private:
 	void CreateMakefile ();
 	void CloseMakefile () const;
@@ -31,7 +38,8 @@ private:
 	void GenerateXmlBuildFilesMacro() const;
 	void CheckAutomaticDependencies ();
 	bool IncludeDirectoryTarget ( const std::string& directory ) const;
-	void DetectPCHSupport();
+	void DetectPipeSupport ();
+	void DetectPCHSupport ();
 	FILE* fMakefile;
 	bool use_pch;
 	Directory *int_directories, *out_directories;
diff --git a/reactos/tools/rbuild/backend/mingw/modulehandler.cpp b/reactos/tools/rbuild/backend/mingw/modulehandler.cpp
index ce744933476..512a660e3a6 100644
--- a/reactos/tools/rbuild/backend/mingw/modulehandler.cpp
+++ b/reactos/tools/rbuild/backend/mingw/modulehandler.cpp
@@ -1278,10 +1278,15 @@ MingwModuleHandler::GenerateOtherMacros ()
 		}
 	}
 
+	string globalCflags = "-g";
+	if ( backend->usePipe )
+		globalCflags += " -pipe";
+	
 	fprintf (
 		fMakefile,
-		"%s += $(PROJECT_CFLAGS) -g\n",
-		cflagsMacro.c_str () );
+		"%s += $(PROJECT_CFLAGS) %s\n",
+		cflagsMacro.c_str (),
+		globalCflags.c_str () );
 
 	fprintf (
 		fMakefile,