diff --git a/arch/arm64/Makefile b/arch/arm64/Makefile
index 7976d2d242fa..e7101b19d590 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm64/Makefile
@@ -60,13 +60,15 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN), y)
 KBUILD_CPPFLAGS	+= -mbig-endian
 CHECKFLAGS	+= -D__AARCH64EB__
 AS		+= -EB
-LDFLAGS		+= -EB -maarch64elfb
+# We must use the linux target here, since distributions don't tend to package
+# the ELF linker scripts with binutils, and this results in a build failure.
+LDFLAGS		+= -EB -maarch64linuxb
 UTS_MACHINE	:= aarch64_be
 else
 KBUILD_CPPFLAGS	+= -mlittle-endian
 CHECKFLAGS	+= -D__AARCH64EL__
 AS		+= -EL
-LDFLAGS		+= -EL -maarch64elf
+LDFLAGS		+= -EL -maarch64linux # See comment above
 UTS_MACHINE	:= aarch64
 endif