diff --git a/sys/boot/Makefile.inc b/sys/boot/Makefile.inc
index 3545446762df..17088d782da7 100644
--- a/sys/boot/Makefile.inc
+++ b/sys/boot/Makefile.inc
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 SSP_CFLAGS=
+
+.if ${MACHINE_CPUARCH} == "arm"
+# Do not generate movt/movw, because the relocation fixup for them does not
+# translate to the -Bsymbolic -pie format required by self_reloc() in loader(8).
+# Also, the fpu is not available in a standalone environment.
+CFLAGS.clang+=  -mllvm -arm-use-movt=0
+CFLAGS.clang+=  -mfpu=none
+.endif