diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1692a369c4..9128c75796 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -238,7 +238,8 @@ ARCH:=$(call qstrip,$(BR2_ARCH))
 
 KERNEL_ARCH:=$(shell echo "$(ARCH)" | sed -e "s/-.*//" \
 	-e s/i.86/i386/ -e s/sun4u/sparc64/ \
-	-e s/arc.*/arc/ \
+	-e s/arcle/arc/ \
+	-e s/arcbe/arc/ \
 	-e s/arm.*/arm/ -e s/sa110/arm/ \
 	-e s/aarch64/arm64/ \
 	-e s/bfin/blackfin/ \