diff --git a/arch/nios2/config.mk b/arch/nios2/config.mk
index f455982f3af84257c581713742bf118405d8c0dc..8e5d6ef03c141abed1cdb941b3f7a078068ded13 100644
--- a/arch/nios2/config.mk
+++ b/arch/nios2/config.mk
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@ STANDALONE_LOAD_ADDR = 0x02000000 -L $(gcclibdir)
 PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += -DCONFIG_NIOS2 -D__NIOS2__
 PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += -ffixed-r15 -G0
 
-LDSCRIPT := $(SRCTREE)/$(CPUDIR)/u-boot.lds
+LDSCRIPT ?= $(SRCTREE)/$(CPUDIR)/u-boot.lds