diff --git a/arch/sandbox/config.mk b/arch/sandbox/config.mk
index b05a90fb18..16fd6d508a 100644
--- a/arch/sandbox/config.mk
+++ b/arch/sandbox/config.mk
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += $(shell sdl-config --cflags)
 endif
 endif
 
-cmd_u-boot__ = $(CC) -o $@ -T u-boot.lds \
+cmd_u-boot__ = $(CC) -o $@ -Wl,-T u-boot.lds \
 	-Wl,--start-group $(u-boot-main) -Wl,--end-group \
 	$(PLATFORM_LIBS) -Wl,-Map -Wl,u-boot.map
 
diff --git a/arch/sandbox/include/asm/cache.h b/arch/sandbox/include/asm/cache.h
index d28c385eb5..ffbb9844eb 100644
--- a/arch/sandbox/include/asm/cache.h
+++ b/arch/sandbox/include/asm/cache.h
@@ -12,7 +12,13 @@
  * the contents of stack buffers to something reasonable.  The
  * GCC macro __BIGGEST_ALIGNMENT__ is defined to be the maximum
  * required alignment for any basic type.  This seems reasonable.
+ * This is however GCC specific so if we don't have that available
+ * assume that 16 is large enough.
  */
+#ifdef __BIGGEST_ALIGNMENT__
 #define ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN	__BIGGEST_ALIGNMENT__
+#else
+#define ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN	16
+#endif
 
 #endif /* __SANDBOX_CACHE_H__ */