diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ce8afa311d33..4e51a8e08ab9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -320,6 +320,11 @@ include scripts/subarch.include
 # Default value for CROSS_COMPILE is not to prefix executables
 # Note: Some architectures assign CROSS_COMPILE in their arch/*/Makefile
 ARCH		?= $(SUBARCH)
+ifeq ($(ARCH),arm64)
+ifneq ($(wildcard $(srctree)/../prebuilts/gcc/linux-x86/aarch64/aarch64-linux-android-4.9),)
+CROSS_COMPILE	?= $(srctree)/../prebuilts/gcc/linux-x86/aarch64/aarch64-linux-android-4.9/bin/aarch64-linux-android-
+endif
+endif
 
 # Architecture as present in compile.h
 UTS_MACHINE 	:= $(ARCH)