diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.IMA b/scripts/Makefile.IMA
index 29399178e..353a4ac1b 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.IMA
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.IMA
@@ -32,6 +32,15 @@ include .config
 include $(srctree)/scripts/Kbuild.include
 
 include Makefile.flags
+
+SUBARCH := $(shell uname -m | sed -e s/i.86/i386/ -e s/sun4u/sparc64/ \
+				  -e s/arm.*/arm/ -e s/sa110/arm/ \
+				  -e s/s390x/s390/ -e s/parisc64/parisc/ \
+				  -e s/ppc.*/powerpc/ -e s/mips.*/mips/ )
+ARCH ?= $(SUBARCH)
+
+# Cross compiling and selecting different set of gcc/bin-utils
+-include $(srctree)/arch/$(ARCH)/Makefile
 ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_COMPRESS_USAGE
 usage_stuff = include/usage_compressed.h
 endif