diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.spl b/scripts/Makefile.spl
index 0997fd9fdd..2b5c9954d3 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.spl
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.spl
@@ -241,8 +241,10 @@ cmd_mksunxiboot = $(objtree)/tools/mksunxiboot $< $@
 $(obj)/sunxi-spl.bin: $(obj)/$(SPL_BIN).bin FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,mksunxiboot)
 
-quiet_cmd_u-boot-spl = LD      $@
-      cmd_u-boot-spl = (cd $(obj) && $(LD) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_$(@F)) \
+# Rule to link u-boot-spl
+# May be overridden by arch/$(ARCH)/config.mk
+quiet_cmd_u-boot-spl ?= LD      $@
+      cmd_u-boot-spl ?= (cd $(obj) && $(LD) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_$(@F)) \
 		       $(patsubst $(obj)/%,%,$(u-boot-spl-init)) --start-group \
 		       $(patsubst $(obj)/%,%,$(u-boot-spl-main)) --end-group \
 		       $(PLATFORM_LIBS) -Map $(SPL_BIN).map -o $(SPL_BIN))