diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
index e63b446d973c..13f888a02a3d 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
@@ -952,6 +952,14 @@ When kbuild executes, the following steps are followed (roughly):
 	$(KBUILD_ARFLAGS) set by the top level Makefile to "D" (deterministic
 	mode) if this option is supported by $(AR).
 
+    ARCH_CPPFLAGS, ARCH_AFLAGS, ARCH_CFLAGS   Overrides the kbuild defaults
+
+	These variables are appended to the KBUILD_CPPFLAGS,
+	KBUILD_AFLAGS, and KBUILD_CFLAGS, respectively, after the
+	top-level Makefile has set any other flags. This provides a
+	means for an architecture to override the defaults.
+
+
 --- 6.2 Add prerequisites to archheaders:
 
 	The archheaders: rule is used to generate header files that
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 13270c0a9336..8c31fbc90589 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -780,10 +780,11 @@ endif
 include scripts/Makefile.kasan
 include scripts/Makefile.extrawarn
 
-# Add user supplied CPPFLAGS, AFLAGS and CFLAGS as the last assignments
-KBUILD_CPPFLAGS += $(KCPPFLAGS)
-KBUILD_AFLAGS += $(KAFLAGS)
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(KCFLAGS)
+# Add any arch overrides and user supplied CPPFLAGS, AFLAGS and CFLAGS as the
+# last assignments
+KBUILD_CPPFLAGS += $(ARCH_CPPFLAGS) $(KCPPFLAGS)
+KBUILD_AFLAGS   += $(ARCH_AFLAGS)   $(KAFLAGS)
+KBUILD_CFLAGS   += $(ARCH_CFLAGS)   $(KCFLAGS)
 
 # Use --build-id when available.
 LDFLAGS_BUILD_ID = $(patsubst -Wl$(comma)%,%,\