diff --git a/config/arch.arm b/config/arch.arm
index 3ebf7cad91..4b02ec2e84 100644
--- a/config/arch.arm
+++ b/config/arch.arm
@@ -24,19 +24,27 @@
 
 # determine architecture's family
   case $TARGET_CPU in
+    arm1176jzf-s)
+      TARGET_SUBARCH=armv6z
+      TARGET_ABI=eabi
+      TARGET_FPU="vfp"
+      TARGET_EXTRA_FLAGS="-mfloat-abi=softfp"
+      ;;
     cortex-a8)
       TARGET_SUBARCH=armv7-a
       TARGET_ABI=eabi
       TARGET_FPU="neon"
+      TARGET_EXTRA_FLAGS=""
       ;;
     cortex-a9)
       TARGET_SUBARCH=armv7-a
       TARGET_ABI=eabi
       TARGET_FPU="neon"
+      TARGET_EXTRA_FLAGS=""
       ;;
   esac
 
 # setup ARCH specific *FLAGS
-  TARGET_CFLAGS="-march=$TARGET_SUBARCH -mtune=$TARGET_CPU -mabi=aapcs-linux"
+  TARGET_CFLAGS="-march=$TARGET_SUBARCH -mtune=$TARGET_CPU -mabi=aapcs-linux $TARGET_EXTRA_FLAGS"
   [ -n "$TARGET_FPU" ] && TARGET_CFLAGS="$TARGET_CFLAGS -mfpu=$TARGET_FPU"
   TARGET_LDFLAGS="-fPIC -march=$TARGET_SUBARCH -mtune=$TARGET_CPU"