--- a/extra/Configs/Config.in
+++ b/extra/Configs/Config.in
@@ -235,6 +235,9 @@ config TARGET_SUBARCH
 	default "i486" if CONFIG_486
 	default "i586" if CONFIG_586 || CONFIG_586MMX
 	default "i686" if TARGET_ARCH = "i386"
+	default "mips" if CONFIG_MIPS_N32_ABI
+	default "mips" if CONFIG_MIPS_O32_ABI
+	default "mips64" if CONFIG_MIPS_N64_ABI
 	default ""
 
 source "extra/Configs/Config.in.arch"
--- a/Rules.mak
+++ b/Rules.mak
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ export MAJOR_VERSION MINOR_VERSION SUBLE
 LIBC := libc
 SHARED_LIBNAME := $(LIBC).so.$(ABI_VERSION)
 UBACKTRACE_DSO := libubacktrace.so.$(ABI_VERSION)
-ifneq ($(findstring  $(TARGET_ARCH) , hppa64 ia64 mips64 powerpc64 s390x sparc64 x86_64 ),)
+ifneq ($(strip $(findstring  $(TARGET_SUBARCH) , hppa64 ia64 mips64 powerpc64 s390x sparc64 x86_64 )),)
 UCLIBC_LDSO_NAME := ld64-uClibc
 ARCH_NATIVE_BIT := 64
 else