diff --git a/arch/nios2/config.mk b/arch/nios2/config.mk
index 6789038bdd39ad6779e2a801acd1e2298af9e649..793cc43a1cbf55d042a9bcccf316ec35e051be69 100644
--- a/arch/nios2/config.mk
+++ b/arch/nios2/config.mk
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 CROSS_COMPILE ?= nios2-elf-
 
-STANDALONE_LOAD_ADDR = 0x02000000 -L $(gcclibdir)
+STANDALONE_LOAD_ADDR ?= 0x02000000
 
 PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += -DCONFIG_NIOS2 -D__NIOS2__
 PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += -G0