diff --git a/arch/mips/cpu/mips32/config.mk b/arch/mips/cpu/mips32/config.mk
index 481e984..7399701 100644
--- a/arch/mips/cpu/mips32/config.mk
+++ b/arch/mips/cpu/mips32/config.mk
@@ -30,5 +30,11 @@
 MIPSFLAGS := -march=mips32r2
 
 PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += $(MIPSFLAGS)
+PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += -mabi=32 -DCONFIG_32BIT
+ifdef CONFIG_SYS_BIG_ENDIAN
+PLATFORM_LDFLAGS  += -m elf32btsmip
+else
+PLATFORM_LDFLAGS  += -m elf32ltsmip
+endif
 
 CONFIG_STANDALONE_LOAD_ADDR ?= 0x80200000 -T mips.lds
diff --git a/arch/mips/cpu/xburst/config.mk b/arch/mips/cpu/xburst/config.mk
index 1536746..cf5fa6a 100644
--- a/arch/mips/cpu/xburst/config.mk
+++ b/arch/mips/cpu/xburst/config.mk
@@ -21,5 +21,11 @@
 #
 
 PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += -march=mips32
+PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += -mabi=32 -DCONFIG_32BIT
+ifdef CONFIG_SYS_BIG_ENDIAN
+PLATFORM_LDFLAGS  += -m elf32btsmip
+else
+PLATFORM_LDFLAGS  += -m elf32ltsmip
+endif
 
 CONFIG_STANDALONE_LOAD_ADDR ?= 0x80200000 -T mips.lds