BOOTCFLAGS    := -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs \
                 -fno-strict-aliasing -Os -msoft-float -pipe \
                 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-builtin -fPIC -nostdinc \
-                -isystem $(shell $(CROSS32CC) -print-file-name=include) \
                 -D$(compress-y)
 
+BOOTCC := $(CC)
 ifdef CONFIG_PPC64_BOOT_WRAPPER
 BOOTCFLAGS     += -m64
+else
+BOOTCFLAGS     += -m32
+ifdef CROSS32_COMPILE
+    BOOTCC := $(CROSS32_COMPILE)gcc
+endif
 endif
+
+BOOTCFLAGS     += -isystem $(shell $(BOOTCC) -print-file-name=include)
+
 ifdef CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN
 BOOTCFLAGS     += -mbig-endian
 else
                empty.c zImage.coff.lds zImage.ps3.lds zImage.lds
 
 quiet_cmd_bootcc = BOOTCC  $@
-      cmd_bootcc = $(CROSS32CC) -Wp,-MD,$(depfile) $(BOOTCFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
+      cmd_bootcc = $(BOOTCC) -Wp,-MD,$(depfile) $(BOOTCFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
 quiet_cmd_bootas = BOOTAS  $@
-      cmd_bootas = $(CROSS32CC) -Wp,-MD,$(depfile) $(BOOTAFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
+      cmd_bootas = $(BOOTCC) -Wp,-MD,$(depfile) $(BOOTAFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
 quiet_cmd_bootar = BOOTAR  $@
       cmd_bootar = $(CROSS32AR) -cr$(KBUILD_ARFLAGS) $@.$$$$ $(filter-out FORCE,$^); mv $@.$$$$ $@