--- configure.orig	2015-05-07 08:14:56.000000000 -0600
+++ configure.orig	2016-10-26 20:49:48.669033314 -0600
@@ -2537,6 +2537,13 @@ 
     fi
 done
 
+# work around for https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=564554
+# if called with -arch i386, then set CFG_MYSQL_CONFIG as if
+# -config_mysql had been passed in with appropriate value as well
+if [ "$CFG_ARCH" == i386 ]; then
+    CFG_MYSQL_CONFIG=/usr/bin/i686-pc-linux-gnu-mysql_config
+fi
+
 if [ "$CFG_QCONFIG" != "full" ] && [ "$CFG_QT3SUPPORT" = "yes" ]; then
     echo "Warning: '-qconfig $CFG_QCONFIG' will disable the qt3support library."
     CFG_QT3SUPPORT="no"