diff --git a/target/linux/realview/Makefile b/target/linux/realview/Makefile
index 526d05cdf5..5641aa62d8 100644
--- a/target/linux/realview/Makefile
+++ b/target/linux/realview/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ ARCH:=arm
 BOARD:=realview
 BOARDNAME:=ARM Ltd. Realview board (qemu)
 FEATURES:=fpu ramdisk
-CFLAGS:=-Os -pipe -march=armv5te -fno-caller-saves
+CFLAGS:=-Os -pipe -march=armv6k -mtune=mpcore -mfloat-abi=softfp -mfpu=vfp -fno-caller-saves
 MAINTAINER:=Florian Fainelli <florian@openwrt.org>
 
 LINUX_VERSION:=3.3.8