diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
index 4b4827c475c6..5b156f9f0e58 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
@@ -38,9 +38,13 @@ BOOTCFLAGS    := -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs \
 		 $(LINUXINCLUDE)
 
 ifdef CONFIG_PPC64_BOOT_WRAPPER
-BOOTCFLAGS	+= -m64
+ifdef CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN
+BOOTCFLAGS	+= -m64 -mcpu=powerpc64le
 else
-BOOTCFLAGS	+= -m32
+BOOTCFLAGS	+= -m64 -mcpu=powerpc64
+endif
+else
+BOOTCFLAGS	+= -m32 -mcpu=powerpc
 endif
 
 BOOTCFLAGS	+= -isystem $(shell $(BOOTCC) -print-file-name=include)