diff --git a/libgloss/arm/crt0.S b/libgloss/arm/crt0.S
index 92e7648..f7ed5c5 100644
--- a/libgloss/arm/crt0.S
+++ b/libgloss/arm/crt0.S
@@ -390,12 +390,21 @@ __change_mode:
 	   for _fini to be called at program exit.  */
 	movs	r4, r0
 	movs	r5, r1
+#ifdef _LITE_EXIT
+	/* Make reference to atexit weak to avoid unconditionally pulling in
+	   support code.  Refer to comments in __atexit.c for more details.  */
+	.weak	FUNCTION(atexit)
+	ldr	r0, .Latexit
+	cmp	r0, #0
+	beq	.Lweak_atexit
+#endif
 	ldr	r0, .Lfini
 	bl	FUNCTION (atexit)
+.Lweak_atexit:
 	bl	FUNCTION (_init)
 	movs	r0, r4
 	movs	r1, r5
-#endif	
+#endif
 	bl	FUNCTION (main)
 
 	bl	FUNCTION (exit)		/* Should not return.  */
@@ -465,6 +474,13 @@ change_back:
 .LC2:
 	.word	__bss_end__
 #ifdef __USES_INITFINI__
+#ifdef _LITE_EXIT
+.Latexit:
+	.word	FUNCTION(atexit)
+
+	/* Weak reference _fini in case of lite exit.  */
+	.weak	FUNCTION(_fini)
+#endif
 .Lfini:
 	.word	FUNCTION(_fini)
 #endif
diff --git a/newlib/README b/newlib/README
index d1753fc..a8aba99 100644
--- a/newlib/README
+++ b/newlib/README
@@ -361,6 +361,11 @@ One feature can be enabled by specifying `--enable-FEATURE=yes' or
      Disable newlib from supplying syscalls.
      Enabled by default.
 
+`--enable-lite-exit'
+     Enable lite exit, a size-reduced implementation of exit that doesn't
+     invoke clean-up functions such as _fini or global destructors.
+     Disabled by default.
+
 Running the Testsuite
 =====================
 
diff --git a/newlib/acconfig.h b/newlib/acconfig.h
index e51eba3..b14a3d3 100644
--- a/newlib/acconfig.h
+++ b/newlib/acconfig.h
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@
 /* Define if unbuffered stream file optimization is supported.  */
 #undef _UNBUF_STREAM_OPT
 
+/* Define if enable lite version of exit.  */
+#undef _LITE_EXIT
+
 @BOTTOM@
 /*
  * Iconv encodings enabled ("to" direction)
diff --git a/newlib/configure b/newlib/configure
index 7f6155d..e05a2d3 100755
--- a/newlib/configure
+++ b/newlib/configure
@@ -794,6 +794,7 @@ enable_newlib_fseek_optimization
 enable_newlib_wide_orient
 enable_newlib_nano_malloc
 enable_newlib_unbuf_stream_opt
+enable_lite_exit
 enable_multilib
 enable_target_optspace
 enable_malloc_debugging
@@ -1462,6 +1463,7 @@ Optional Features:
   --disable-newlib-wide-orient    Turn off wide orientation in streamio
   --enable-newlib-nano-malloc    use small-footprint nano-malloc implementation
   --disable-newlib-unbuf-stream-opt    disable unbuffered stream optimization in streamio
+  --enable-lite-exit	enable light weight exit
   --enable-multilib         build many library versions (default)
   --enable-target-optspace  optimize for space
   --enable-malloc-debugging indicate malloc debugging requested
@@ -2425,6 +2427,19 @@ else
   newlib_unbuf_stream_opt=yes
 fi
 
+# Check whether --enable-lite-exit was given.
+if test "${enable_lite_exit+set}" = set; then :
+  enableval=$enable_lite_exit; if test "${lite_exit+set}" != set; then
+  case "${enableval}" in
+    yes) lite_exit=yes ;;
+    no)  lite_exit=no  ;;
+    *)   as_fn_error $? "bad value ${enableval} for lite-exit option" "$LINENO" 5 ;;
+  esac
+ fi
+else
+  lite_exit=no
+fi
+
 
 # Make sure we can run config.sub.
 $SHELL "$ac_aux_dir/config.sub" sun4 >/dev/null 2>&1 ||
@@ -11725,7 +11740,7 @@ else
   lt_dlunknown=0; lt_dlno_uscore=1; lt_dlneed_uscore=2
   lt_status=$lt_dlunknown
   cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<_LT_EOF
-#line 11698 "configure"
+#line 11743 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 
 #if HAVE_DLFCN_H
@@ -11831,7 +11846,7 @@ else
   lt_dlunknown=0; lt_dlno_uscore=1; lt_dlneed_uscore=2
   lt_status=$lt_dlunknown
   cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<_LT_EOF
-#line 11804 "configure"
+#line 11849 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 
 #if HAVE_DLFCN_H
@@ -12341,6 +12356,13 @@ _ACEOF
 
 fi
 
+if test "${lite_exit}" = "yes"; then
+cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
+#define _LITE_EXIT 1
+_ACEOF
+
+fi
+
 
 if test "x${iconv_encodings}" != "x" \
    || test "x${iconv_to_encodings}" != "x" \
diff --git a/newlib/configure.in b/newlib/configure.in
index db1c6b1..8e742f7 100644
--- a/newlib/configure.in
+++ b/newlib/configure.in
@@ -181,6 +181,19 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(newlib-unbuf-stream-opt,
   esac
  fi], [newlib_unbuf_stream_opt=yes])dnl
 
+dnl Support --enable-lite-exit
+dnl Lite exit is a size-reduced implementation of exit that doesn't invoke
+dnl clean-up functions such as _fini or global destructors.
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(lite-exit,
+[  --enable-lite-exit	enable light weight exit],
+[if test "${lite_exit+set}" != set; then
+  case "${enableval}" in
+    yes) lite_exit=yes ;;
+    no)  lite_exit=no  ;;
+    *)   AC_MSG_ERROR(bad value ${enableval} for lite-exit option) ;;
+  esac
+ fi], [lite_exit=no])dnl
+
 NEWLIB_CONFIGURE(.)
 
 dnl We have to enable libtool after NEWLIB_CONFIGURE because if we try and
@@ -390,6 +403,10 @@ if test "${newlib_unbuf_stream_opt}" = "yes"; then
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(_UNBUF_STREAM_OPT)
 fi
 
+if test "${lite_exit}" = "yes"; then
+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(_LITE_EXIT)
+fi
+
 dnl
 dnl Parse --enable-newlib-iconv-encodings option argument
 dnl
diff --git a/newlib/libc/stdlib/__atexit.c b/newlib/libc/stdlib/__atexit.c
index f04f00d..d36a1a4 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/stdlib/__atexit.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/stdlib/__atexit.c
@@ -1,5 +1,35 @@
 /*
  *  Common routine to implement atexit-like functionality.
+ *
+ *  This is also the key function to be configured as lite exit, a size-reduced
+ *  implementation of exit that doesn't invoke clean-up functions such as _fini
+ *  or global destructors.
+ *
+ *  Default (without lite exit) call graph is like:
+ *  _start -> atexit -> __register_exitproc
+ *  _start -> __libc_init_array -> __cxa_atexit -> __register_exitproc
+ *  on_exit -> __register_exitproc
+ *  _start -> exit -> __call_exitprocs
+ *
+ *  Here an -> means arrow tail invokes arrow head. All invocations here
+ *  are non-weak reference in current newlib/libgloss.
+ *
+ *  Lite exit makes some of above calls as weak reference, so that size expansive
+ *  functions __register_exitproc and __call_exitprocs may not be linked. These
+ *  calls are:
+ *    _start w-> atexit
+ *    __cxa_atexit w-> __register_exitproc
+ *    exit w-> __call_exitprocs
+ *
+ *  Lite exit also makes sure that __call_exitprocs will be referenced as non-weak
+ *  whenever __register_exitproc is referenced as non-weak.
+ *
+ *  Thus with lite exit libs, a program not explicitly calling atexit or on_exit
+ *  will escape from the burden of cleaning up code. A program with atexit or on_exit
+ *  will work consistently to normal libs.
+ *
+ *  Lite exit is enabled with --enable-lite-exit, and is controlled with macro
+ *  _LITE_EXIT.
  */
 
 #include <stddef.h>
@@ -11,6 +41,12 @@
 /* Make this a weak reference to avoid pulling in malloc.  */
 void * malloc(size_t) _ATTRIBUTE((__weak__));
 
+#ifdef _LITE_EXIT
+/* As __call_exitprocs is weak reference in lite exit, make a
+   non-weak reference to it here.  */
+const void * __atexit_dummy = &__call_exitprocs;
+#endif
+
 #ifndef __SINGLE_THREAD__
 extern _LOCK_RECURSIVE_T __atexit_lock;
 #endif
diff --git a/newlib/libc/stdlib/cxa_atexit.c b/newlib/libc/stdlib/cxa_atexit.c
index 8c39236..c3c0d2a 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/stdlib/cxa_atexit.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/stdlib/cxa_atexit.c
@@ -19,5 +19,14 @@ _DEFUN (__cxa_atexit,
 	void *arg _AND
 	void *d)
 {
-  return __register_exitproc (__et_cxa, (void (*)(void)) fn, arg, d);
+#ifdef _LITE_EXIT
+  /* Refer to comments in __atexit.c for more details of lite exit.  */
+  int __register_exitproc _PARAMS ((int, void (*fn) (void), _PTR, _PTR))
+    __attribute__ ((weak));
+
+  if (!__register_exitproc)
+    return 0;
+  else
+#endif
+    return __register_exitproc (__et_cxa, (void (*)(void)) fn, arg, d);
 }
diff --git a/newlib/libc/stdlib/exit.c b/newlib/libc/stdlib/exit.c
index 195b724..1dc5694 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/stdlib/exit.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/stdlib/exit.c
@@ -54,11 +54,16 @@ Supporting OS subroutines required: <<_exit>>.
  * Exit, flushing stdio buffers if necessary.
  */
 
-void 
+void
 _DEFUN (exit, (code),
 	int code)
 {
-  __call_exitprocs (code, NULL);
+#ifdef _LITE_EXIT
+  /* Refer to comments in __atexit.c for more details of lite exit.  */
+  void __call_exitprocs _PARAMS ((int, _PTR)) __attribute__((weak));
+  if (__call_exitprocs)
+#endif
+    __call_exitprocs (code, NULL);
 
   if (_GLOBAL_REENT->__cleanup)
     (*_GLOBAL_REENT->__cleanup) (_GLOBAL_REENT);
diff --git a/newlib/newlib.hin b/newlib/newlib.hin
index c6637cb..e4f6230 100644
--- a/newlib/newlib.hin
+++ b/newlib/newlib.hin
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@
 /* Define if unbuffered stream file optimization is supported.  */
 #undef _UNBUF_STREAM_OPT
 
+/* Define if lite version of exit supported.  */
+#undef _LITE_EXIT
+
 /*
  * Iconv encodings enabled ("to" direction)
  */