diff --git a/config/path b/config/path
index fcca196b45..c0f62ef277 100644
--- a/config/path
+++ b/config/path
@@ -37,6 +37,13 @@ SYSROOT_PREFIX=$TOOLCHAIN/$TARGET_NAME/sysroot
 LIB_PREFIX=$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr
 TARGET_PREFIX=$TOOLCHAIN/bin/$TARGET_NAME-
 
+# use linaro toolchain on 64/32 split builds
+if [ "$TARGET_KERNEL_ARCH" = "arm64" -a "$TARGET_ARCH" = "arm" ]; then
+  TARGET_KERNEL_PREFIX=$TOOLCHAIN/lib/gcc-linaro-aarch64-linux-gnu/bin/aarch64-linux-gnu-
+else
+  TARGET_KERNEL_PREFIX=$TARGET_PREFIX
+fi
+
 FAKEROOT_SCRIPT=$BUILD/.fakeroot
 
 if [ -z "$INSTALL" ]; then