Gentoo: missing libstdc++.la

If you encounter a message like

grep: /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.4/libstdc++.la: No such file or directory.

when emerging php, mod_php or elfutils, take a look at the following page for the solution:

http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-279020.html