diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index 21b007dd13..2fa7ba0eff 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -140,6 +140,21 @@ ifeq ($(arch),powerpc)
 	object-format = elf32-powerpc
 	pointer-size = 4
 endif
+ifeq ($(arch),arm)
+  lflags := -L/opt/crosstool/gcc-4.1.0-glibc-2.3.2/arm-unknown-linux-gnu/arm-unknown-linux-gnu/lib -L$(root)/arm/lib $(lflags)
+  cflags := -I/opt/crosstool/gcc-4.1.0-glibc-2.3.2/arm-unknown-linux-gnu/arm-unknown-linux-gnu/include -I$(root)/arm/include $(cflags)
+
+  asm = arm 
+  object-arch = arm 
+  object-format = elf32-littlearm
+  pointer-size = 4 
+  cxx = arm-unknown-linux-gnu-g++
+  cc = arm-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc
+  ar = arm-unknown-linux-gnu-ar
+  ranlib = arm-unknown-linux-gnu-ranlib
+  objcopy = arm-unknown-linux-gnu-objcopy
+  strip = arm-unknown-linux-gnu-strip
+endif
 
 ifeq ($(platform),darwin)
 	build-cflags = $(common-cflags) -fPIC -fvisibility=hidden -I$(src)