diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
index 167b26a0780c..6faf1d6ad9dd 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
@@ -75,13 +75,15 @@ endif
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN),y)
-override LD	+= -EL
+KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= -mlittle-endian
+LDFLAGS		+= -EL
 LDEMULATION	:= lppc
 GNUTARGET	:= powerpcle
 MULTIPLEWORD	:= -mno-multiple
 KBUILD_CFLAGS_MODULE += $(call cc-option,-mno-save-toc-indirect)
 else
-override LD	+= -EB
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-mbig-endian)
+LDFLAGS		+= -EB
 LDEMULATION	:= ppc
 GNUTARGET	:= powerpc
 MULTIPLEWORD	:= -mmultiple
@@ -94,19 +96,19 @@ aflags-$(CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN)		+= $(call cc-option,-mabi=elfv1)
 aflags-$(CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN)	+= -mabi=elfv2
 endif
 
-cflags-$(CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN)	+= -mlittle-endian
-cflags-$(CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN)		+= $(call cc-option,-mbig-endian)
 ifneq ($(cc-name),clang)
   cflags-$(CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN)	+= -mno-strict-align
 endif
 
+cflags-$(CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN)		+= $(call cc-option,-mbig-endian)
+cflags-$(CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN)	+= -mlittle-endian
 aflags-$(CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN)		+= $(call cc-option,-mbig-endian)
 aflags-$(CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN)	+= -mlittle-endian
 
 ifeq ($(HAS_BIARCH),y)
-override AS	+= -a$(BITS)
-override LD	+= -m elf$(BITS)$(LDEMULATION)
-override CC	+= -m$(BITS)
+KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= -m$(BITS)
+KBUILD_AFLAGS	+= -m$(BITS) -Wl,-a$(BITS)
+LDFLAGS		+= -m elf$(BITS)$(LDEMULATION)
 KBUILD_ARFLAGS	+= --target=elf$(BITS)-$(GNUTARGET)
 endif
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/tools/gcc-check-mprofile-kernel.sh b/arch/powerpc/tools/gcc-check-mprofile-kernel.sh
index 061f8035bdbe..a7dd0e5d9f98 100755
--- a/arch/powerpc/tools/gcc-check-mprofile-kernel.sh
+++ b/arch/powerpc/tools/gcc-check-mprofile-kernel.sh
@@ -7,17 +7,21 @@ set -o pipefail
 # To debug, uncomment the following line
 # set -x
 
+# -mprofile-kernel is only supported on 64le, so this should not be invoked
+# for other targets. Therefore we can pass in -m64 and -mlittle-endian
+# explicitly, to take care of toolchains defaulting to other targets.
+
 # Test whether the compile option -mprofile-kernel exists and generates
 # profiling code (ie. a call to _mcount()).
 echo "int func() { return 0; }" | \
-    $* -S -x c -O2 -p -mprofile-kernel - -o - 2> /dev/null | \
-    grep -q "_mcount"
+    $* -m64 -mlittle-endian -S -x c -O2 -p -mprofile-kernel - -o - \
+    2> /dev/null | grep -q "_mcount"
 
 # Test whether the notrace attribute correctly suppresses calls to _mcount().
 
 echo -e "#include <linux/compiler.h>\nnotrace int func() { return 0; }" | \
-    $* -S -x c -O2 -p -mprofile-kernel - -o - 2> /dev/null | \
-    grep -q "_mcount" && \
+    $* -m64 -mlittle-endian -S -x c -O2 -p -mprofile-kernel - -o - \
+    2> /dev/null | grep -q "_mcount" && \
     exit 1
 
 echo "OK"
diff --git a/scripts/recordmcount.pl b/scripts/recordmcount.pl
index 191eb949d52c..fe06e77c15eb 100755
--- a/scripts/recordmcount.pl
+++ b/scripts/recordmcount.pl
@@ -266,13 +266,29 @@ if ($arch eq "x86_64") {
     $objcopy .= " -O elf32-sh-linux";
 
 } elsif ($arch eq "powerpc") {
+    my $ldemulation;
+
     $local_regex = "^[0-9a-fA-F]+\\s+t\\s+(\\.?\\S+)";
     # See comment in the sparc64 section for why we use '\w'.
     $function_regex = "^([0-9a-fA-F]+)\\s+<(\\.?\\w*?)>:";
     $mcount_regex = "^\\s*([0-9a-fA-F]+):.*\\s\\.?_mcount\$";
 
+    if ($endian eq "big") {
+	    $cc .= " -mbig-endian ";
+	    $ld .= " -EB ";
+	    $ldemulation = "ppc"
+    } else {
+	    $cc .= " -mlittle-endian ";
+	    $ld .= " -EL ";
+	    $ldemulation = "lppc"
+    }
     if ($bits == 64) {
-	$type = ".quad";
+        $type = ".quad";
+        $cc .= " -m64 ";
+        $ld .= " -m elf64".$ldemulation." ";
+    } else {
+        $cc .= " -m32 ";
+        $ld .= " -m elf32".$ldemulation." ";
     }
 
 } elsif ($arch eq "arm") {