diff --git a/common/cross-profiles/armv7.sh b/common/cross-profiles/armv7.sh
index 49a1dc2aaf2..42d3ab39ab7 100644
--- a/common/cross-profiles/armv7.sh
+++ b/common/cross-profiles/armv7.sh
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ XBPS_TARGET_ARCH="armv7l"
 XBPS_CROSS_TRIPLET="arm-linux-gnueabihf"
 XBPS_CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe"
 XBPS_CXXFLAGS="$XBPS_CFLAGS"
-XBPS_CROSS_CFLAGS="-march=armv7 -mfpu=vfpv3 -mfloat-abi=hard"
+XBPS_CROSS_CFLAGS="-march=armv7-a -mfpu=vfpv3 -mfloat-abi=hard"
 XBPS_CROSS_CXXFLAGS="$XBPS_CROSS_CFLAGS"