diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/arm720t/config.mk b/arch/arm/cpu/arm720t/config.mk
index 3844c62..210c6dc 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/arm720t/config.mk
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/arm720t/config.mk
@@ -30,4 +30,6 @@
 # Supply options according to compiler version
 #
 # =========================================================================
-PLATFORM_RELFLAGS +=$(call cc-option,-mshort-load-bytes,$(call cc-option,-malignment-traps,))
+PF_RELFLAGS_SLB_AT := $(call cc-option,-mshort-load-bytes,\
+			$(call cc-option,-malignment-traps,))
+PLATFORM_RELFLAGS += $(PF_RELFLAGS_SLB_AT)