diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/l/libGLU/libGLU-9.0.0-GCCcore-6.4.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/l/libGLU/libGLU-9.0.0-GCCcore-6.4.0.eb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..135a591a3222
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/l/libGLU/libGLU-9.0.0-GCCcore-6.4.0.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+easyblock = 'ConfigureMake'
+
+name = 'libGLU'
+version = '9.0.0'
+
+homepage = 'ftp://ftp.freedesktop.org/pub/mesa/glu/'
+description = """The OpenGL Utility Library (GLU) is a computer graphics library for OpenGL. """
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '6.4.0'}
+toolchainopts = {'pic': True}
+
+source_urls = ['ftp://ftp.freedesktop.org/pub/mesa/glu/']
+sources = ['glu-%(version)s.tar.bz2']
+checksums = ['1f7ad0d379a722fcbd303aa5650c6d7d5544fde83196b42a73d1193568a4df12']
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('Mesa', '17.3.6'),
+]
+
+builddependencies = [
+    # use same binutils version that was used when building GCCcore
+    ('binutils', '2.28'),
+]
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['lib/libGLU.%s' % SHLIB_EXT],
+    'dirs': [],
+}
+
+moduleclass = 'vis'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/m/Mako/Mako-1.0.7-GCCcore-6.4.0-Python-2.7.14-bare.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/m/Mako/Mako-1.0.7-GCCcore-6.4.0-Python-2.7.14-bare.eb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..45ff68131ce7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/m/Mako/Mako-1.0.7-GCCcore-6.4.0-Python-2.7.14-bare.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+easyblock = 'PythonPackage'
+
+name = 'Mako'
+version = '1.0.7'
+versionsuffix = '-Python-%(pyver)s-bare'
+
+homepage = 'http://www.makotemplates.org'
+description = """A super-fast templating language that borrows the best ideas from the existing templating languages"""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '6.4.0'}
+
+source_urls = [PYPI_SOURCE]
+sources = [SOURCE_TAR_GZ]
+checksums = [
+    '4e02fde57bd4abb5ec400181e4c314f56ac3e49ba4fb8b0d50bba18cb27d25ae',  # Mako-1.0.7.tar.gz
+]
+
+builddependencies = [
+    # use same binutils version that was used when building GCCcore
+    ('binutils', '2.28'),
+]
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('Python', '2.7.14', '-bare'),
+    ('setuptools', '39.1.0', '-Python-2.7.14-bare'),
+]
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['bin/mako-render'],
+    'dirs': ['lib/python%(pyshortver)s/site-packages/%(name)s-%(version)s-py%(pyshortver)s.egg'],
+}
+
+moduleclass = 'devel'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/m/Mesa/Mesa-17.3.6-GCCcore-6.4.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/m/Mesa/Mesa-17.3.6-GCCcore-6.4.0.eb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d45ac92f7a5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/m/Mesa/Mesa-17.3.6-GCCcore-6.4.0.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+# Automatically converted from Mesa-17.2.4-intel-2017b.eb
+# Original message:
+# the purpose of the easyconfig is to build a Mesa for software rendering,
+# not hardware rendering. This means you want at least SSE4.2. We build:
+# - llvmpipe: the high-performance Gallium LLVM driver
+# - swr: Intel's OpenSWR
+# it will try to use the llvmpipe by default. It you want swr, do:
+# GALLIUM_DRIVER=swr
+
+easyblock = 'ConfigureMake'
+
+name = 'Mesa'
+version = '17.3.6'
+
+homepage = 'http://www.mesa3d.org/'
+description = """Mesa is an open-source implementation of the OpenGL specification -
+ a system for rendering interactive 3D graphics."""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '6.4.0'}
+# swr detects and builds parts specific for AVX and AVX2. If we use
+# -march, this always gets overwritten and will fail.  Likewise, the
+# default -ftree-vectorize has led to 'Illegal instruction' errors.
+toolchainopts = {'optarch': False, 'vectorize': False}
+
+source_urls = [
+    'https://mesa.freedesktop.org/archive/',
+    'https://mesa.freedesktop.org/archive/%(version)s',
+    'ftp://ftp.freedesktop.org/pub/mesa/%(version)s',
+    'ftp://ftp.freedesktop.org/pub/mesa/older-versions/%(version_major)s.x/%(version)s',
+]
+sources = [SOURCELOWER_TAR_XZ]
+patches = ['Mesa-%(version)s_fix-strip-llvm-flags.patch']
+checksums = [
+    'e5915680d44ac9d05defdec529db7459ac9edd441c9845266eff2e2d3e57fbf8',  # mesa-17.3.6.tar.xz
+    '5aa4e92ed96e3d47ffbecd1ec3a1642407dff11995c5585eb5e06c396654ee30',  # Mesa-17.3.6_fix-strip-llvm-flags.patch
+]
+
+builddependencies = [
+    # use same binutils version that was used when building GCCcore
+    ('binutils', '2.28'),
+    ('flex', '2.6.4'),
+    ('Bison', '3.0.4'),
+    ('Autotools', '20170619'),
+    ('pkg-config', '0.29.2'),
+    ('Mako', '1.0.7', '-Python-2.7.14-bare'),
+    ('libxml2', '2.9.7'),
+]
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('zlib', '1.2.11'),
+    ('nettle', '3.4'),
+    ('libdrm', '2.4.91'),
+    ('LLVM', '5.0.1'),
+    ('X11', '20180131'),
+]
+
+# GLU is not part anymore of Mesa package!
+configopts = " --disable-osmesa --enable-gallium-osmesa --enable-gallium-llvm --enable-glx --disable-dri"
+configopts += " --disable-gbm --disable-driglx-direct --with-gallium-drivers='swrast,swr' --disable-egl"
+configopts += " --with-osmesa-bits=32 --enable-texture-float --enable-llvm-shared-libs "
+
+buildopts = 'V=1'
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['lib/libGL.%s' % SHLIB_EXT, 'lib/libOSMesa.%s' % SHLIB_EXT,
+              'lib/libGLESv1_CM.%s' % SHLIB_EXT, 'lib/libGLESv2.%s' % SHLIB_EXT,
+              'include/GL/glext.h', 'include/GL/gl_mangle.h',
+              'include/GL/glx.h', 'include/GL/osmesa.h',
+              'include/GL/gl.h', 'include/GL/glxext.h',
+              'include/GL/glx_mangle.h', 'include/GLES/gl.h',
+              'include/GLES2/gl2.h', 'include/GLES3/gl3.h'],
+    'dirs': []
+}
+
+moduleclass = 'vis'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/q/Qt5/Qt5-5.10.1-GCCcore-6.4.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/q/Qt5/Qt5-5.10.1-GCCcore-6.4.0.eb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b5f1ad5b5a53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/q/Qt5/Qt5-5.10.1-GCCcore-6.4.0.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+easyblock = 'EB_Qt'
+
+name = 'Qt5'
+version = '5.10.1'
+
+homepage = 'http://qt.io/'
+description = "Qt is a comprehensive cross-platform C++ application framework."
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '6.4.0'}
+
+source_urls = [
+    'http://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/%(version_major_minor)s/%(version)s/single/',
+    'http://download.qt.io/archive/qt/%(version_major_minor)s/%(version)s/single/'
+]
+sources = ['qt-everywhere-src-%(version)s.tar.xz']
+checksums = ['05ffba7b811b854ed558abf2be2ddbd3bb6ddd0b60ea4b5da75d277ac15e740a']
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('GLib', '2.54.3'),
+    ('libpng', '1.6.34'),
+    ('X11', '20180131'),
+    ('libGLU', '9.0.0'),
+]
+
+builddependencies = [
+    # use same binutils version that was used when building GCCcore
+    ('binutils', '2.28'),
+    ('pkg-config', '0.29.2'),
+]
+
+# qtgamepad needs recent kernel/libevdev (fails on RHEL 6.x)
+configopts = '-skip qtgamepad'
+
+moduleclass = 'devel'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/s/setuptools/setuptools-39.1.0-GCCcore-6.4.0-Python-2.7.14-bare.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/s/setuptools/setuptools-39.1.0-GCCcore-6.4.0-Python-2.7.14-bare.eb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ac33003e7aec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/s/setuptools/setuptools-39.1.0-GCCcore-6.4.0-Python-2.7.14-bare.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+easyblock = 'PythonPackage'
+
+name = 'setuptools'
+version = '39.1.0'
+versionsuffix = '-Python-%(pyver)s-bare'
+
+homepage = 'http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools/'
+description = """Download, build, install, upgrade, and uninstall Python packages -- easily!"""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '6.4.0'}
+
+source_urls = [PYPI_SOURCE]
+sources = [SOURCE_ZIP]
+checksums = [
+    'c5484e13b89927b44fd15897f7ce19dded8e7f035466a4fa7b946c0bdd86edd7',  # setuptools-39.1.0.zip
+]
+
+builddependencies = [
+    # use same binutils version that was used when building GCCcore
+    ('binutils', '2.28'),
+]
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('Python', '2.7.14', '-bare'),
+]
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['bin/easy_install',
+              'lib/python%(pyshortver)s/site-packages/%(name)s-%(version)s-py%(pyshortver)s.egg'],
+    'dirs': [],
+}
+
+moduleclass = 'devel'