diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 207bec5a131b..6c427be5609c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -374,10 +374,10 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS   := -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs \
 		   -Wno-format-security \
 		   -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks
 KBUILD_AFLAGS_KERNEL :=
-KBUILD_CFLAGS_KERNEL :=
+KBUILD_CFLAGS_KERNEL := -mtune=cortex-a15 -mfpu=neon-vfpv4
 KBUILD_AFLAGS   := -D__ASSEMBLY__
 KBUILD_AFLAGS_MODULE  := -DMODULE
-KBUILD_CFLAGS_MODULE  := -DMODULE
+KBUILD_CFLAGS_MODULE  := -DMODULE -mtune=cortex-a15 -mfpu=neon-vfpv4
 KBUILD_LDFLAGS_MODULE := -T $(srctree)/scripts/module-common.lds
 
 # Read KERNELRELEASE from include/config/kernel.release (if it exists)