diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/ixp/config.mk b/arch/arm/cpu/ixp/config.mk
index 9149665..b02e8af 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/ixp/config.mk
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/ixp/config.mk
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
 
 PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += -mbig-endian -march=armv5te -mtune=strongarm1100
 
+PLATFORM_LDFLAGS += -EB
+USE_PRIVATE_LIBGCC = yes
+
 # -fdata-sections triggers "section .bss overlaps section .rel.dyn" linker error
 PLATFORM_RELFLAGS += -ffunction-sections
 LDFLAGS_u-boot += --gc-sections