diff --git a/releases/specs/arm/armv7a-musl/stage1-hardfloat.spec b/releases/specs/arm/armv7a-musl/stage1-hardfloat.spec
index bc5b3e5c..41510688 100644
--- a/releases/specs/arm/armv7a-musl/stage1-hardfloat.spec
+++ b/releases/specs/arm/armv7a-musl/stage1-hardfloat.spec
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ portage_confdir: @REPO_DIR@/releases/portage/stages-musl
 portage_prefix: releng
 repos: /root/musl
 chost: armv7a-unknown-linux-musleabihf
+cflags: -O2 -pipe -march=armv7-a -mfpu=vfpv3-d16 -mfloat-abi=hard
diff --git a/releases/specs/arm/armv7a-musl/stage3-hardfloat.spec b/releases/specs/arm/armv7a-musl/stage3-hardfloat.spec
index 5582d248..3b78f205 100644
--- a/releases/specs/arm/armv7a-musl/stage3-hardfloat.spec
+++ b/releases/specs/arm/armv7a-musl/stage3-hardfloat.spec
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ compression_mode: pixz_x
 portage_confdir: @REPO_DIR@/releases/portage/stages-musl
 portage_prefix: releng
 repos: /root/musl
+cflags: -O2 -pipe -march=armv7-a -mfpu=vfpv3-d16 -mfloat-abi=hard