-ifneq ($(CROSS_COMPILE),)
+# Individual arch/{arch}/Makefiles should use -EL/-EB to set intended
+# endianness and -m32/-m64 to set word size based on Kconfigs instead of
+# relying on the target triple.
+CLANG_TARGET_FLAGS_arm := arm-linux-gnueabi
+CLANG_TARGET_FLAGS_arm64 := aarch64-linux-gnu
+CLANG_TARGET_FLAGS_hexagon := hexagon-linux-musl
+CLANG_TARGET_FLAGS_m68k := m68k-linux-gnu
+CLANG_TARGET_FLAGS_mips := mipsel-linux-gnu
+CLANG_TARGET_FLAGS_powerpc := powerpc64le-linux-gnu
+CLANG_TARGET_FLAGS_riscv := riscv64-linux-gnu
+CLANG_TARGET_FLAGS_s390 := s390x-linux-gnu
+CLANG_TARGET_FLAGS_x86 := x86_64-linux-gnu
+CLANG_TARGET_FLAGS := $(CLANG_TARGET_FLAGS_$(SRCARCH))
+
+ifeq ($(CROSS_COMPILE),)
+ifeq ($(CLANG_TARGET_FLAGS),)
+$(error Specify CROSS_COMPILE or add '--target=' option to scripts/Makefile.clang)
+else
+CLANG_FLAGS += --target=$(CLANG_TARGET_FLAGS)
+endif # CLANG_TARGET_FLAGS
+else
CLANG_FLAGS += --target=$(notdir $(CROSS_COMPILE:%-=%))
-endif
+endif # CROSS_COMPILE
+
ifeq ($(LLVM_IAS),1)
CLANG_FLAGS += -integrated-as
else