diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fd21ef3cf..5f9364699 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ $(obj)u-boot.dis:	$(obj)u-boot
 GEN_UBOOT = \
 		UNDEF_SYM=`$(OBJDUMP) -x $(LIBBOARD) $(LIBS) | \
 		sed  -n -e 's/.*\($(SYM_PREFIX)__u_boot_cmd_.*\)/-u\1/p'|sort|uniq`;\
-		cd $(LNDIR) && $(LD) $(LDFLAGS) $$UNDEF_SYM $(__OBJS) \
+		cd $(LNDIR) && $(LD) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_$(@F)) $$UNDEF_SYM $(__OBJS) \
 			--start-group $(__LIBS) --end-group $(PLATFORM_LIBS) \
 			-Map u-boot.map -o u-boot
 $(obj)u-boot:	depend \
diff --git a/arch/blackfin/config.mk b/arch/blackfin/config.mk
index ab117ca5a..0cba294e7 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/config.mk
+++ b/arch/blackfin/config.mk
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ CONFIG_BFIN_BOOT_MODE := $(strip $(subst ",,$(CONFIG_BFIN_BOOT_MODE)))
 PLATFORM_RELFLAGS += -ffixed-P3 -fomit-frame-pointer -mno-fdpic
 PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += -DCONFIG_BLACKFIN
 
-LDFLAGS += --gc-sections -m elf32bfin
+LDFLAGS_u-boot += --gc-sections
+LDFLAGS += -m elf32bfin
 PLATFORM_RELFLAGS += -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections
 
 PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += -DBFIN_CPU='"$(CONFIG_BFIN_CPU)"'
diff --git a/arch/i386/config.mk b/arch/i386/config.mk
index 8743f1a66..3fb97c198 100644
--- a/arch/i386/config.mk
+++ b/arch/i386/config.mk
@@ -35,5 +35,6 @@ PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += $(call cc-option, -fno-stack-protector)
 PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += $(call cc-option, -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2)
 PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += -DCONFIG_I386 -D__I386__
 
-LDFLAGS += --cref --gc-sections
+LDFLAGS += --cref
+LDFLAGS_u-boot += --gc-sections
 PLATFORM_RELFLAGS += -ffunction-sections
diff --git a/arch/nios2/config.mk b/arch/nios2/config.mk
index aba96b301..fa93180f3 100644
--- a/arch/nios2/config.mk
+++ b/arch/nios2/config.mk
@@ -31,5 +31,5 @@ PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += -G0
 
 LDSCRIPT ?= $(SRCTREE)/$(CPUDIR)/u-boot.lds
 
-LDFLAGS += --gc-sections
+LDFLAGS_u-boot += --gc-sections
 PLATFORM_RELFLAGS += -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/config.mk b/arch/powerpc/config.mk
index 2912604af..64191c78f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/config.mk
+++ b/arch/powerpc/config.mk
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@
 CROSS_COMPILE ?= ppc_8xx-
 
 STANDALONE_LOAD_ADDR = 0x40000
-
+LDFLAGS_u-boot = --gc-sections
 PLATFORM_RELFLAGS += -mrelocatable -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections
 PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += -DCONFIG_PPC -D__powerpc__
-PLATFORM_LDFLAGS  += -n --gc-sections
+PLATFORM_LDFLAGS  += -n
 
 ifdef CONFIG_SYS_LDSCRIPT
 # need to strip off double quotes
diff --git a/arch/sh/config.mk b/arch/sh/config.mk
index 415c94979..4ef85e3e5 100644
--- a/arch/sh/config.mk
+++ b/arch/sh/config.mk
@@ -30,5 +30,5 @@ endif
 
 PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += -DCONFIG_SH -D__SH__
 PLATFORM_LDFLAGS += -e $(CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE) --defsym reloc_dst=$(CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE)
-
+LDFLAGS_u-boot = --gc-sections
 LDSCRIPT := $(SRCTREE)/$(CPUDIR)/u-boot.lds
diff --git a/arch/sh/cpu/sh2/config.mk b/arch/sh/cpu/sh2/config.mk
index 52d5a0f4d..f2d40aa22 100644
--- a/arch/sh/cpu/sh2/config.mk
+++ b/arch/sh/cpu/sh2/config.mk
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 # MA 02111-1307 USA
 #
 #
+ENDIANNESS += -EB
+
 PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += -m3e -mb
 PLATFORM_RELFLAGS += -ffixed-r13
-PLATFORM_LDFLAGS += -EB
+PLATFORM_LDFLAGS += $(ENDIANNESS)
diff --git a/config.mk b/config.mk
index 66f8fe67f..5147c3568 100644
--- a/config.mk
+++ b/config.mk
@@ -204,9 +204,11 @@ endif
 
 AFLAGS := $(AFLAGS_DEBUG) -D__ASSEMBLY__ $(CPPFLAGS)
 
-LDFLAGS += -Bstatic -T $(obj)u-boot.lds $(PLATFORM_LDFLAGS)
+LDFLAGS += $(PLATFORM_LDFLAGS)
+
+LDFLAGS_u-boot += -Bstatic -T $(obj)u-boot.lds $(PLATFORM_LDFLAGS)
 ifneq ($(CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE),)
-LDFLAGS += -Ttext $(CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE)
+LDFLAGS_u-boot += -Ttext $(CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE)
 endif
 
 # Location of a usable BFD library, where we define "usable" as
@@ -259,7 +261,7 @@ $(obj)%.s:	%.c
 
 # If the list of objects to link is empty, just create an empty built-in.o
 cmd_link_o_target = $(if $(strip $1),\
-		      $(LD) -r -o $@ $1 ,\
+		      $(LD) $(LDFLAGS) -r -o $@ $1,\
 		      rm -f $@; $(AR) rcs $@ )
 
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