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diff --git a/Help/manual/cmake-variables.7.rst b/Help/manual/cmake-variables.7.rst
index 3ec0c19..2606ba0 100644
--- a/Help/manual/cmake-variables.7.rst
+++ b/Help/manual/cmake-variables.7.rst
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ Variables that Provide Information
    /variable/CMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_NAME
    /variable/CMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_SORT_DIRECTION
    /variable/CMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_SORT_ORDER
+   /variable/CMAKE_GCC_AR
+   /variable/CMAKE_GCC_RANLIB
    /variable/CMAKE_GENERATOR
    /variable/CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM
    /variable/CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET
diff --git a/Help/release/dev/gcc_archiving_tools.rst b/Help/release/dev/gcc_archiving_tools.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b3cc7d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Help/release/dev/gcc_archiving_tools.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+gcc_archiving_tools
+-------------------
+
+* The :variable:`CMAKE_GCC_AR` variable with the path to GCC wrapper of ``ar``
+  utility was added.
+
+* The :variable:`CMAKE_GCC_RANLIB` variable with the path to GCC wrapper of
+  ``ranlib`` utility was added.
diff --git a/Help/variable/CMAKE_GCC_AR.rst b/Help/variable/CMAKE_GCC_AR.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac90b46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Help/variable/CMAKE_GCC_AR.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+CMAKE_GCC_AR
+------------
+
+A wrapper around ``ar`` adding the appropriate ``--plugin`` option for the
+GCC compiler. For other compilers variable is not defined.
+
+See also :variable:`CMAKE_AR`.
diff --git a/Help/variable/CMAKE_GCC_RANLIB.rst b/Help/variable/CMAKE_GCC_RANLIB.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d42aba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Help/variable/CMAKE_GCC_RANLIB.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+CMAKE_GCC_RANLIB
+----------------
+
+A wrapper around ``ranlib`` adding the appropriate ``--plugin`` option for the
+GCC compiler. For other compilers variable is not defined.
+
+See also :variable:`CMAKE_RANLIB`.