diff --git a/meta/conf/distro/include/poky-external.inc b/meta/conf/distro/include/poky-external.inc
index 3856fe1ca6..459931e491 100644
--- a/meta/conf/distro/include/poky-external.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/distro/include/poky-external.inc
@@ -22,4 +22,5 @@ PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/linux-libc-headers = "external-poky-toolchain"
 TARGET_CPPFLAGS_prepend = " -isystem${EXTERNAL_TOOLCHAIN}/${TARGET_SYS}/include "
 TARGET_LDFLAGS_prepend = " -L${EXTERNAL_TOOLCHAIN}/${TARGET_SYS}/lib -Wl,-rpath-link,${EXTERNAL_TOOLCHAIN}/${TARGET_SYS}/lib "
 
-
+GLIBCTARGETOS = "linux${@['','-gnueabi'][bb.data.getVar('TARGET_ARCH',d,1) in ['arm', 'armeb']]}"
+UCLIBCTARGETOS = "linux${@['-uclibc','-uclibcgnueabi'][bb.data.getVar('TARGET_ARCH',d,1) in ['arm', 'armeb']]}"