diff --git a/tools/build/options/WITHOUT_ELFTOOLCHAIN_BOOTSTRAP b/tools/build/options/WITHOUT_ELFTOOLCHAIN_BOOTSTRAP
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..85fa01eabd76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/build/options/WITHOUT_ELFTOOLCHAIN_BOOTSTRAP
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+.\" $FreeBSD$
+Set to not build ELF Tool Chain tools
+(addr2line, nm, size, strings and strip)
+as part of the bootstrap process.
+.Bf -symbolic
+An alternate bootstrap tool chain must be provided.
+.Ef
diff --git a/tools/build/options/WITH_BINUTILS b/tools/build/options/WITH_BINUTILS
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..619dc2161962
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/build/options/WITH_BINUTILS
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+.\" $FreeBSD$
+Set to build and install binutils (as, ld, objcopy, and objdump) as part
+of the normal system build.
diff --git a/tools/build/options/WITH_BINUTILS_BOOTSTRAP b/tools/build/options/WITH_BINUTILS_BOOTSTRAP
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f32cb0658d4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/build/options/WITH_BINUTILS_BOOTSTRAP
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+.\" $FreeBSD$
+Set build binutils (as, ld, objcopy and objdump)
+as part of the bootstrap process.