diff --git a/arch/i386/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/i386/boot/compressed/Makefile
index 0c64c314eadb..78514f3f626f 100644
--- a/arch/i386/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/i386/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -1,50 +1,5 @@
-#
-# linux/arch/i386/boot/compressed/Makefile
-#
-# create a compressed vmlinux image from the original vmlinux
-#
-
-targets		:= vmlinux vmlinux.bin vmlinux.bin.gz head_32.o misc_32.o piggy.o \
-			vmlinux.bin.all vmlinux.relocs
-EXTRA_AFLAGS	:= -traditional
-
-LDFLAGS_vmlinux := -T
-hostprogs-y	:= relocs
-
-CFLAGS  := -m32 -D__KERNEL__ $(LINUX_INCLUDE) -O2 \
-	   -fno-strict-aliasing -fPIC \
-	   $(call cc-option,-ffreestanding) \
-	   $(call cc-option,-fno-stack-protector)
-LDFLAGS := -m elf_i386
-
-$(obj)/vmlinux: $(src)/vmlinux_32.lds $(obj)/head_32.o $(obj)/misc_32.o $(obj)/piggy.o FORCE
-	$(call if_changed,ld)
-	@:
-
-$(obj)/vmlinux.bin: vmlinux FORCE
-	$(call if_changed,objcopy)
-
-quiet_cmd_relocs = RELOCS  $@
-      cmd_relocs = $(obj)/relocs $< > $@;$(obj)/relocs --abs-relocs $<
-$(obj)/vmlinux.relocs: vmlinux $(obj)/relocs FORCE
-	$(call if_changed,relocs)
-
-vmlinux.bin.all-y := $(obj)/vmlinux.bin
-vmlinux.bin.all-$(CONFIG_RELOCATABLE) += $(obj)/vmlinux.relocs
-quiet_cmd_relocbin = BUILD   $@
-      cmd_relocbin = cat $(filter-out FORCE,$^) > $@
-$(obj)/vmlinux.bin.all: $(vmlinux.bin.all-y) FORCE
-	$(call if_changed,relocbin)
-
-ifdef CONFIG_RELOCATABLE
-$(obj)/vmlinux.bin.gz: $(obj)/vmlinux.bin.all FORCE
-	$(call if_changed,gzip)
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_X86_32),y)
+include ${srctree}/arch/i386/boot/compressed/Makefile_32
 else
-$(obj)/vmlinux.bin.gz: $(obj)/vmlinux.bin FORCE
-	$(call if_changed,gzip)
+include ${srctree}/arch/x86_64/boot/compressed/Makefile_64
 endif
-
-LDFLAGS_piggy.o := -r --format binary --oformat elf32-i386 -T
-
-$(obj)/piggy.o: $(src)/vmlinux_32.scr $(obj)/vmlinux.bin.gz FORCE
-	$(call if_changed,ld)
diff --git a/arch/i386/boot/compressed/Makefile_32 b/arch/i386/boot/compressed/Makefile_32
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0c64c314eadb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/i386/boot/compressed/Makefile_32
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#
+# linux/arch/i386/boot/compressed/Makefile
+#
+# create a compressed vmlinux image from the original vmlinux
+#
+
+targets		:= vmlinux vmlinux.bin vmlinux.bin.gz head_32.o misc_32.o piggy.o \
+			vmlinux.bin.all vmlinux.relocs
+EXTRA_AFLAGS	:= -traditional
+
+LDFLAGS_vmlinux := -T
+hostprogs-y	:= relocs
+
+CFLAGS  := -m32 -D__KERNEL__ $(LINUX_INCLUDE) -O2 \
+	   -fno-strict-aliasing -fPIC \
+	   $(call cc-option,-ffreestanding) \
+	   $(call cc-option,-fno-stack-protector)
+LDFLAGS := -m elf_i386
+
+$(obj)/vmlinux: $(src)/vmlinux_32.lds $(obj)/head_32.o $(obj)/misc_32.o $(obj)/piggy.o FORCE
+	$(call if_changed,ld)
+	@:
+
+$(obj)/vmlinux.bin: vmlinux FORCE
+	$(call if_changed,objcopy)
+
+quiet_cmd_relocs = RELOCS  $@
+      cmd_relocs = $(obj)/relocs $< > $@;$(obj)/relocs --abs-relocs $<
+$(obj)/vmlinux.relocs: vmlinux $(obj)/relocs FORCE
+	$(call if_changed,relocs)
+
+vmlinux.bin.all-y := $(obj)/vmlinux.bin
+vmlinux.bin.all-$(CONFIG_RELOCATABLE) += $(obj)/vmlinux.relocs
+quiet_cmd_relocbin = BUILD   $@
+      cmd_relocbin = cat $(filter-out FORCE,$^) > $@
+$(obj)/vmlinux.bin.all: $(vmlinux.bin.all-y) FORCE
+	$(call if_changed,relocbin)
+
+ifdef CONFIG_RELOCATABLE
+$(obj)/vmlinux.bin.gz: $(obj)/vmlinux.bin.all FORCE
+	$(call if_changed,gzip)
+else
+$(obj)/vmlinux.bin.gz: $(obj)/vmlinux.bin FORCE
+	$(call if_changed,gzip)
+endif
+
+LDFLAGS_piggy.o := -r --format binary --oformat elf32-i386 -T
+
+$(obj)/piggy.o: $(src)/vmlinux_32.scr $(obj)/vmlinux.bin.gz FORCE
+	$(call if_changed,ld)