--- gcc/ChangeLog.orig	2016-04-30 12:34:56.124963397 -0700
+++ gcc/ChangeLog	2016-04-30 12:37:47.530147870 -0700
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2016-04-30  Stephen Arnold  <sarnold@vctlabs.com>
+
+	* config/arm/bpabi.h: Backport and apply patch to tell the
+	linker which emulation to use based on target endianness.
+
 2015-12-04  Release Manager
 
 	* GCC 5.3.0 released.
--- gcc/config/arm/bpabi.h.orig	2016-04-30 12:34:43.461247170 -0700
+++ gcc/config/arm/bpabi.h	2016-04-30 12:39:52.437261505 -0700
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
 
 /* The generic link spec in elf.h does not support shared libraries.  */
 #define BPABI_LINK_SPEC \
-  "%{mbig-endian:-EB} %{mlittle-endian:-EL} "		\
+  "%{mbig-endian:-EB -m armelfb} %{mlittle-endian:-EL -m armelf} "		\
   "%{static:-Bstatic} %{shared:-shared} %{symbolic:-Bsymbolic} "	\
   "-X" SUBTARGET_EXTRA_LINK_SPEC EABI_LINK_SPEC