diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
index 31286fa7873c..19b0d1a81959 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
@@ -72,8 +72,15 @@ GNUTARGET	:= powerpc
 MULTIPLEWORD	:= -mmultiple
 endif
 
-cflags-$(CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN)		+= $(call cc-option,-mbig-endian)
+ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
+cflags-$(CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN)		+= $(call cc-option,-mabi=elfv1)
+cflags-$(CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN)		+= $(call cc-option,-mcall-aixdesc)
+aflags-$(CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN)		+= $(call cc-option,-mabi=elfv1)
+aflags-$(CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN)	+= -mabi=elfv2
+endif
+
 cflags-$(CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN)	+= -mlittle-endian
+cflags-$(CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN)		+= $(call cc-option,-mbig-endian)
 ifneq ($(cc-name),clang)
   cflags-$(CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN)	+= -mno-strict-align
 endif
@@ -113,7 +120,9 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN),y)
 CFLAGS-$(CONFIG_PPC64)	+= $(call cc-option,-mabi=elfv2,$(call cc-option,-mcall-aixdesc))
 AFLAGS-$(CONFIG_PPC64)	+= $(call cc-option,-mabi=elfv2)
 else
+CFLAGS-$(CONFIG_PPC64)	+= $(call cc-option,-mabi=elfv1)
 CFLAGS-$(CONFIG_PPC64)	+= $(call cc-option,-mcall-aixdesc)
+AFLAGS-$(CONFIG_PPC64)	+= $(call cc-option,-mabi=elfv1)
 endif
 CFLAGS-$(CONFIG_PPC64)	+= $(call cc-option,-mcmodel=medium,$(call cc-option,-mminimal-toc))
 CFLAGS-$(CONFIG_PPC64)	+= $(call cc-option,-mno-pointers-to-nested-functions)