diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 011af57620..d49d7bf6b2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -318,7 +318,8 @@ KERNEL_ARCH:=$(shell echo "$(ARCH)" | sed -e "s/-.*//" \
 	-e s/parisc64/parisc/ \
 	-e s/powerpc64/powerpc/ \
 	-e s/ppc.*/powerpc/ -e s/mips.*/mips/ \
-	-e s/sh.*/sh/)
+	-e s/sh.*/sh/ \
+	-e s/microblazeel/microblaze/)
 
 ZCAT:=$(call qstrip,$(BR2_ZCAT))
 BZCAT:=$(call qstrip,$(BR2_BZCAT))
diff --git a/arch/Config.in.microblaze b/arch/Config.in.microblaze
index dbdd99a19b..2d4c1fec43 100644
--- a/arch/Config.in.microblaze
+++ b/arch/Config.in.microblaze
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 config BR2_ARCH
-	default "microblaze"
+	default "microblazeel"  if BR2_microblazeel
+	default "microblaze"    if BR2_microblazebe
 
 config BR2_ENDIAN
 	default "LITTLE" if BR2_microblazeel