diff -r 32dabc0285d6 -r 9d0b37f08a10 scripts/build/arch/mips.sh
--- a/scripts/build/arch/mips.sh	Sun Nov 20 21:04:31 2011 +0100
+++ b/scripts/build/arch/mips.sh	Sun Jan 20 12:58:22 2013 +0000
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 # Compute MIPS-specific values
 
 CT_DoArchTupleValues() {
-    # The architecture part of the tuple, override only for 64-bit
+    local _64
+
+    # The architecture part of the tuple
     if [ "${CT_ARCH_64}" = "y" ]; then
-        CT_TARGET_ARCH="mips64${target_endian_el}"
-    else
-        # The architecture part of the tuple:
-        CT_TARGET_ARCH="${CT_ARCH}${target_endian_el}"
+        _64="64"
     fi
+    CT_TARGET_ARCH="${CT_ARCH}${_64}${CT_ARCH_SUFFIX:-${target_endian_el}}"
 
     # Override CFLAGS for endianness:
     case "${CT_ARCH_ENDIAN}" in