diff --git a/share/mk/bsd.own.mk b/share/mk/bsd.own.mk
index 09814d846..99bcc6645 100644
--- a/share/mk/bsd.own.mk
+++ b/share/mk/bsd.own.mk
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ RELEASEMACHINEDIR:= evbearm-el
 #      at -O0, make sure it uses soft-float as the minix uKernel doesn't yet
 #      save / restore the hardware fpu context on ARM.
 CFLAGS+= -mno-implicit-float -fno-vectorize
+MKSOFTFLOAT=yes
 .endif
 
 .if ${HAVE_GCC:Dyes} == "yes" || \