diff --git a/arch/mips/Makefile b/arch/mips/Makefile
index d74b3742fa5d..053e1c314f9e 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Makefile
+++ b/arch/mips/Makefile
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #
 
 archscripts: scripts_basic
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=arch/mips/tools elf-entry
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=arch/mips/boot/tools relocs
 
 KBUILD_DEFCONFIG := 32r2el_defconfig
@@ -257,13 +258,7 @@ ifdef CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START
 load-y					= $(CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START)
 endif
 
-# Sign-extend the entry point to 64 bits if retrieved as a 32-bit number.
-entry-y		= $(shell $(OBJDUMP) -f vmlinux 2>/dev/null \
-			| sed -n '/^start address / { \
-				s/^.* //; \
-				s/0x\([0-7].......\)$$/0x00000000\1/; \
-				s/0x\(........\)$$/0xffffffff\1/; p }')
-
+entry-y				= $(shell $(objtree)/arch/mips/tools/elf-entry vmlinux)
 cflags-y			+= -I$(srctree)/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-generic
 drivers-$(CONFIG_PCI)		+= arch/mips/pci/
 
diff --git a/arch/mips/tools/.gitignore b/arch/mips/tools/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..56d34ccccce4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/mips/tools/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+elf-entry
diff --git a/arch/mips/tools/Makefile b/arch/mips/tools/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3baee4bc6775
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/mips/tools/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+hostprogs-y := elf-entry
+PHONY += elf-entry
+elf-entry: $(obj)/elf-entry
+	@:
diff --git a/arch/mips/tools/elf-entry.c b/arch/mips/tools/elf-entry.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..adde79ce7fc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/mips/tools/elf-entry.c
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#include <byteswap.h>
+#include <elf.h>
+#include <endian.h>
+#include <inttypes.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#ifdef be32toh
+/* If libc provides [bl]e{32,64}toh() then we'll use them */
+#elif BYTE_ORDER == LITTLE_ENDIAN
+# define be32toh(x)	bswap_32(x)
+# define le32toh(x)	(x)
+# define be64toh(x)	bswap_64(x)
+# define le64toh(x)	(x)
+#elif BYTE_ORDER == BIG_ENDIAN
+# define be32toh(x)	(x)
+# define le32toh(x)	bswap_32(x)
+# define be64toh(x)	(x)
+# define le64toh(x)	bswap_64(x)
+#endif
+
+__attribute__((noreturn))
+static void die(const char *msg)
+{
+	fputs(msg, stderr);
+	exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+}
+
+int main(int argc, const char *argv[])
+{
+	uint64_t entry;
+	size_t nread;
+	FILE *file;
+	union {
+		Elf32_Ehdr ehdr32;
+		Elf64_Ehdr ehdr64;
+	} hdr;
+
+	if (argc != 2)
+		die("Usage: elf-entry <elf-file>\n");
+
+	file = fopen(argv[1], "r");
+	if (!file) {
+		perror("Unable to open input file");
+		return EXIT_FAILURE;
+	}
+
+	nread = fread(&hdr, 1, sizeof(hdr), file);
+	if (nread != sizeof(hdr)) {
+		perror("Unable to read input file");
+		return EXIT_FAILURE;
+	}
+
+	if (memcmp(hdr.ehdr32.e_ident, ELFMAG, SELFMAG))
+		die("Input is not an ELF\n");
+
+	switch (hdr.ehdr32.e_ident[EI_CLASS]) {
+	case ELFCLASS32:
+		switch (hdr.ehdr32.e_ident[EI_DATA]) {
+		case ELFDATA2LSB:
+			entry = le32toh(hdr.ehdr32.e_entry);
+			break;
+		case ELFDATA2MSB:
+			entry = be32toh(hdr.ehdr32.e_entry);
+			break;
+		default:
+			die("Invalid ELF encoding\n");
+		}
+
+		/* Sign extend to form a canonical address */
+		entry = (int64_t)(int32_t)entry;
+		break;
+
+	case ELFCLASS64:
+		switch (hdr.ehdr32.e_ident[EI_DATA]) {
+		case ELFDATA2LSB:
+			entry = le64toh(hdr.ehdr64.e_entry);
+			break;
+		case ELFDATA2MSB:
+			entry = be64toh(hdr.ehdr64.e_entry);
+			break;
+		default:
+			die("Invalid ELF encoding\n");
+		}
+		break;
+
+	default:
+		die("Invalid ELF class\n");
+	}
+
+	printf("0x%016" PRIx64 "\n", entry);
+	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+}