diff --git a/meta/packages/meta/meta-toolchain.bb b/meta/packages/meta/meta-toolchain.bb
index ca24dbd807..fad9a3406a 100644
--- a/meta/packages/meta/meta-toolchain.bb
+++ b/meta/packages/meta/meta-toolchain.bb
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ do_populate_sdk() {
 		cd ${SDK_OUTPUT}${SDKTARGETSYSROOT}/usr
 		ln -s /usr/local local
 	fi
+	echo 'export CFLAGS="${TARGET_CC_ARCH}"' >> $script
+	echo 'export CXXFLAGS="${TARGET_CC_ARCH}"' >> $script
 	echo "alias opkg='LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${SDKPATHNATIVE}${libdir_nativesdk} ${SDKPATHNATIVE}${bindir_nativesdk}/opkg-cl -f ${SDKPATHNATIVE}/${sysconfdir}/opkg-sdk.conf -o ${SDKPATHNATIVE}'" >> $script
 	echo "alias opkg-target='LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${SDKPATHNATIVE}${libdir_nativesdk} ${SDKPATHNATIVE}${bindir_nativesdk}/opkg-cl -f ${SDKTARGETSYSROOT}${sysconfdir}/opkg.conf -o ${SDKTARGETSYSROOT}'" >> $script