diff --git a/toolchain/gcc/common.mk b/toolchain/gcc/common.mk
index 2912f8f612..6ac5a46f2d 100644
--- a/toolchain/gcc/common.mk
+++ b/toolchain/gcc/common.mk
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ GCC_CONFIGURE:= \
 		$(call qstrip,$(CONFIG_EXTRA_GCC_CONFIG_OPTIONS)) \
 		$(if $(CONFIG_mips64)$(CONFIG_mips64el),--with-arch=mips64 \
 			--with-abi=$(call qstrip,$(CONFIG_MIPS64_ABI))) \
+		$(if $(CONFIG_arc),--with-cpu=$(CONFIG_CPU_TYPE)) \
 		--with-gmp=$(TOPDIR)/staging_dir/host \
 		--with-mpfr=$(TOPDIR)/staging_dir/host \
 		--with-mpc=$(TOPDIR)/staging_dir/host \
diff --git a/toolchain/uClibc/common.mk b/toolchain/uClibc/common.mk
index ad6ff02421..2828156237 100644
--- a/toolchain/uClibc/common.mk
+++ b/toolchain/uClibc/common.mk
@@ -41,8 +41,9 @@ GEN_CONFIG=$(SCRIPT_DIR)/kconfig.pl -n \
 	$(if $(CONFIG_UCLIBC_ENABLE_DEBUG),$(if $(wildcard $(CONFIG_DIR)/debug),'+' $(CONFIG_DIR)/debug)) \
 	$(CONFIG_DIR)/$(ARCH)$(strip \
 		$(if $(wildcard $(CONFIG_DIR)/$(ARCH).$(BOARD)),.$(BOARD), \
+			$(if $(filter archs,$(subst ",,$(CONFIG_CPU_TYPE))),hs, \
 			$(if $(CONFIG_MIPS64_ABI),.$(subst ",,$(CONFIG_MIPS64_ABI)), \
-			$(if $(CONFIG_HAS_SPE_FPU),$(if $(wildcard $(CONFIG_DIR)/$(ARCH).e500),.e500)))))
+			$(if $(CONFIG_HAS_SPE_FPU),$(if $(wildcard $(CONFIG_DIR)/$(ARCH).e500),.e500))))))
 
 CPU_CFLAGS = \
 	-funsigned-char -fno-builtin -fno-asm \
diff --git a/toolchain/uClibc/config/archs b/toolchain/uClibc/config/archs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..961628ed8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolchain/uClibc/config/archs
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+ARCH_ANY_ENDIAN=y
+ARCH_LITTLE_ENDIAN=y
+ARCH_WANTS_LITTLE_ENDIAN=y
+TARGET_ARCH="arc"
+TARGET_arc=y
+# CONFIG_ARC_CPU_700 is not set
+CONFIG_ARC_CPU_HS=y
+CONFIG_ARC_PAGE_SIZE_8K=y
+# CONFIG_ARC_PAGE_SIZE_16K is not set
+# CONFIG_ARC_PAGE_SIZE_4K is not set