diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 81349a7694..4b347d3603 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1708,6 +1708,7 @@ u-boot-img-spl-at-end.bin: u-boot.img spl/u-boot-spl.bin FORCE
 
 quiet_cmd_u-boot-elf ?= LD      $@
 	cmd_u-boot-elf ?= $(LD) u-boot-elf.o -o $@ \
+	$(if $(CONFIG_SYS_BIG_ENDIAN),-EB,-EL) \
 	-T u-boot-elf.lds --defsym=$(CONFIG_PLATFORM_ELFENTRY)=$(CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE) \
 	-Ttext=$(CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE)
 u-boot.elf: u-boot.bin u-boot-elf.lds