diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
index a7814a7b15233261b0d9ba9d848543948dcd34d6..6f952fe1f0842232fab09eba6d89953d09946111 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
@@ -25,12 +25,20 @@ compress-$(CONFIG_KERNEL_XZ)   := CONFIG_KERNEL_XZ
 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
@@ -183,10 +191,10 @@ clean-files := $(zlib-) $(zlibheader-) $(zliblinuxheader-) \
 		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) $@.$$$$ $(filter-out FORCE,$^); mv $@.$$$$ $@