diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d30dd7037255..d46a32d539dc 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -321,6 +321,9 @@ include scripts/subarch.include
 # Note: Some architectures assign CROSS_COMPILE in their arch/*/Makefile
 ARCH		?= $(SUBARCH)
 ifeq ($(ARCH),arm64)
+ifneq ($(wildcard $(srctree)/../prebuilts/gcc/linux-x86/aarch64/gcc-linaro-6.3.1-2017.05-x86_64_aarch64-linux-gnu),)
+CROSS_COMPILE	?= $(srctree)/../prebuilts/gcc/linux-x86/aarch64/gcc-linaro-6.3.1-2017.05-x86_64_aarch64-linux-gnu/bin/aarch64-linux-gnu-
+endif
 ifneq ($(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