diff --git a/arch/mips/Makefile b/arch/mips/Makefile
index 38c0f3360d51..fe9da16f3a40 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Makefile
+++ b/arch/mips/Makefile
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ endif
 # crossformat linking we rely on the elf2ecoff tool for format conversion.
 #
 cflags-y			+= -G 0 -mno-abicalls -fno-pic -pipe
+cflags-y			+= -msoft-float
 LDFLAGS_vmlinux			+= -G 0 -static -n -nostdlib
 MODFLAGS			+= -mlong-calls