diff --git a/openpower/package/skiboot/skiboot-0001-specify-mbig-endian-in-link-flags.patch b/openpower/package/skiboot/skiboot-0001-specify-mbig-endian-in-link-flags.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f5f174c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openpower/package/skiboot/skiboot-0001-specify-mbig-endian-in-link-flags.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+From ec49ccee122c1be9b0d90c0f810a8964575bd57f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Jeremy Kerr <jk@ozlabs.org>
+Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 15:47:17 +0800
+Subject: [PATCH] Makefile: specify -mbig-endian in link flags
+
+Signed-off-by: Jeremy Kerr <jk@ozlabs.org>
+---
+ Makefile.main | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/Makefile.main b/Makefile.main
+index b5376fc..0fca221 100644
+--- a/Makefile.main
++++ b/Makefile.main
+@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ CFLAGS += $(CWARNS) $(OPTS) $(DBG)
+ 
+ LDFLAGS := -m64 -static -nostdlib -Wl,--gc-sections -pie
+ LDFLAGS += -Wl,-Ttext-segment,$(LD_TEXT) -Wl,-N -Wl,--build-id=none
+-LDFLAGS += -Wl,--no-multi-toc
++LDFLAGS += -Wl,--no-multi-toc -mbig-endian -Wl,--oformat,elf64-powerpc
+ LDRFLAGS=-melf64ppc
+ # Debug stuff
+ #LDFLAGS += -Wl,-v -Wl,-Map,foomap 
+-- 
+1.9.1
+