diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
index edf39cebfed8a5bd23101fc289dccd979c389f65..799e67d54c4d61fa6be2ca6db6dbc95b8b25437a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ else
 endif
 endif
 
-CFLAGS-$(CONFIG_PPC64)	:= -mtraceback=no
+CFLAGS-$(CONFIG_PPC64)	:= $(call cc-option,-mtraceback=no)
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN),y)
 CFLAGS-$(CONFIG_PPC64)	+= $(call cc-option,-mabi=elfv2,-mcall-aixdesc)
 AFLAGS-$(CONFIG_PPC64)	+= $(call cc-option,-mabi=elfv2)
@@ -160,7 +160,8 @@ asinstr := $(call as-instr,lis 9$(comma)foo@high,-DHAVE_AS_ATHIGH=1)
 
 KBUILD_CPPFLAGS	+= -Iarch/$(ARCH) $(asinstr)
 KBUILD_AFLAGS	+= -Iarch/$(ARCH) $(AFLAGS-y)
-KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= -msoft-float -pipe -Iarch/$(ARCH) $(CFLAGS-y)
+KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option,-msoft-float)
+KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= -pipe -Iarch/$(ARCH) $(CFLAGS-y)
 CPP		= $(CC) -E $(KBUILD_CFLAGS)
 
 CHECKFLAGS	+= -m$(CONFIG_WORD_SIZE) -D__powerpc__ -D__powerpc$(CONFIG_WORD_SIZE)__
@@ -192,7 +193,7 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option,-fno-dwarf2-cfi-asm)
 
 # Never use string load/store instructions as they are
 # often slow when they are implemented at all
-KBUILD_CFLAGS		+= -mno-string
+KBUILD_CFLAGS		+= $(call cc-option,-mno-string)
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_6xx),y)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS		+= -mcpu=powerpc