diff --git a/arch/Config.in b/arch/Config.in
index 52efe3aabda1..cd258b2530d8 100644
--- a/arch/Config.in
+++ b/arch/Config.in
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ config BR2_arceb
 
 config BR2_arm
 	bool "ARM (little endian)"
+	select BR2_ARCH_HAS_FDPIC_SUPPORT
 	# MMU support is set by the subarchitecture file, arch/Config.in.arm
 	help
 	  ARM is a 32-bit reduced instruction set computer (RISC)
diff --git a/package/Makefile.in b/package/Makefile.in
index 808b71a93e99..829636900ba9 100644
--- a/package/Makefile.in
+++ b/package/Makefile.in
@@ -39,7 +39,13 @@ $(error BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BUILDROOT_VENDOR cannot be 'unknown'. \
 endif
 
 # Compute GNU_TARGET_NAME
+# FDPIC on ARM requires a special target name: it has no OS field and must
+# use the suffix -uclinuxfdpiceabi.
+ifeq ($(BR2_arm)$(BR2_armeb):$(BR2_BINFMT_FDPIC),y:y)
+GNU_TARGET_NAME = $(ARCH)-$(TARGET_VENDOR)-uclinuxfdpiceabi
+else
 GNU_TARGET_NAME = $(ARCH)-$(TARGET_VENDOR)-$(TARGET_OS)-$(LIBC)$(ABI)
+endif
 
 # FLAT binary format needs uclinux, except RISC-V which needs the
 # regular linux name.