diff --git a/libc/Android.mk b/libc/Android.mk
index cfc124c..2c1a3a6 100644
--- a/libc/Android.mk
+++ b/libc/Android.mk
@@ -519,7 +519,8 @@
 
 ifeq ($(TARGET_ARCH),x86)
   libc_common_cflags += -DSOFTFLOAT
-  libc_crt_target_cflags :=
+  libc_crt_target_cflags := -m32
+  libc_crt_target_ldflags := -melf_i386
   ifeq ($(ARCH_X86_HAVE_SSE2),true)
       libc_crt_target_cflags += -DUSE_SSE2=1
   endif
@@ -649,7 +650,7 @@
 GEN := $(TARGET_OUT_INTERMEDIATE_LIBRARIES)/crtbegin_static.o
 $(GEN): $(TARGET_OUT_INTERMEDIATE_LIBRARIES)/crtbegin_static1.o $(TARGET_OUT_INTERMEDIATE_LIBRARIES)/crtbrand.o
 	@mkdir -p $(dir $@)
-	$(hide) $(TARGET_LD) -r -o $@ $^
+	$(hide) $(TARGET_LD) $(libc_crt_target_ldflags) -r -o $@ $^
 ALL_GENERATED_SOURCES += $(GEN)
 
 GEN := $(TARGET_OUT_INTERMEDIATE_LIBRARIES)/crtbegin_dynamic1.o
@@ -664,7 +665,7 @@
 GEN := $(TARGET_OUT_INTERMEDIATE_LIBRARIES)/crtbegin_dynamic.o
 $(GEN): $(TARGET_OUT_INTERMEDIATE_LIBRARIES)/crtbegin_dynamic1.o $(TARGET_OUT_INTERMEDIATE_LIBRARIES)/crtbrand.o
 	@mkdir -p $(dir $@)
-	$(hide) $(TARGET_LD) -r -o $@ $^
+	$(hide) $(TARGET_LD) $(libc_crt_target_ldflags) -r -o $@ $^
 ALL_GENERATED_SOURCES += $(GEN)
 
 # We rename crtend.o to crtend_android.o to avoid a