diff --git a/include/package.mk b/include/package.mk
index 1dfbd68d33f..ca315b59ace 100644
--- a/include/package.mk
+++ b/include/package.mk
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ PKG_INSTALL_DIR ?= $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/ipkg-install
 PKG_MD5SUM ?= unknown
 PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL ?=
 PKG_USE_MIPS16 ?= 1
+PKG_IREMAP ?= 1
 
 ifneq ($(CONFIG_PKG_BUILD_USE_JOBSERVER),)
   MAKE_J:=$(if $(MAKE_JOBSERVER),$(MAKE_JOBSERVER) -j)
@@ -33,6 +34,10 @@ ifdef CONFIG_USE_MIPS16
     TARGET_CFLAGS += -mips16 -minterlink-mips16
   endif
 endif
+ifeq ($(strip $(PKG_IREMAP)),1)
+  IREMAP_CFLAGS = $(call iremap,$(PKG_BUILD_DIR),$(notdir $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)))
+  TARGET_CFLAGS += $(IREMAP_CFLAGS)
+endif
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/hardening.mk
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/prereq.mk
diff --git a/rules.mk b/rules.mk
index 11ed80950a7..b4bdc0dd6eb 100644
--- a/rules.mk
+++ b/rules.mk
@@ -118,6 +118,10 @@ else
   TOOLCHAIN_DIR_NAME:=toolchain-$(GNU_TARGET_NAME)
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(or $(CONFIG_EXTERNAL_TOOLCHAIN),$(CONFIG_GCC_VERSION_4_8)),)
+  iremap = -iremap $(1):$(2)
+endif
+
 PACKAGE_DIR:=$(BIN_DIR)/packages
 BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR_BASE)/$(TARGET_DIR_NAME)
 STAGING_DIR:=$(TOPDIR)/staging_dir/$(TARGET_DIR_NAME)