diff --git a/make/custom/arm_bare_bsp.cfg b/make/custom/arm_bare_bsp.cfg
index e9c6bdb316..9050056590 100644
--- a/make/custom/arm_bare_bsp.cfg
+++ b/make/custom/arm_bare_bsp.cfg
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ RTEMS_BSP_FAMILY=arm_bare_bsp
 #  and (hopefully) optimize for it. 
 #
 #CPU_CFLAGS = -mcpu=arm7tdmi
-CPU_CFLAGS =
+CPU_CFLAGS = -msoft-float
 
 # optimize flag: typically -0, could use -O4 or -fast
 # -O4 is ok for RTEMS
diff --git a/make/custom/armulator.cfg b/make/custom/armulator.cfg
index e76aab763b..6f063eb163 100644
--- a/make/custom/armulator.cfg
+++ b/make/custom/armulator.cfg
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ RTEMS_BSP_FAMILY=armulator
 #  and (hopefully) optimize for it. 
 #
 #CPU_CFLAGS = -mcpu=arm7tdmi
-CPU_CFLAGS =
+CPU_CFLAGS = -msoft-float
 
 # optimize flag: typically -0, could use -O4 or -fast
 # -O4 is ok for RTEMS
diff --git a/make/custom/edb7312.cfg b/make/custom/edb7312.cfg
index cae53db469..6a34659dfb 100644
--- a/make/custom/edb7312.cfg
+++ b/make/custom/edb7312.cfg
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ RTEMS_BSP_FAMILY=edb7312
 #  This contains the compiler options necessary to select the CPU model
 #  and (hopefully) optimize for it. 
 #
-CPU_CFLAGS = -mcpu=$(RTEMS_CPU_MODEL) -mstructure-size-boundary=8  
+CPU_CFLAGS = -mcpu=$(RTEMS_CPU_MODEL) -mstructure-size-boundary=8 -msoft-float
 
 # optimize flag: typically -0, could use -O4 or -fast
 # -O4 is ok for RTEMS
diff --git a/make/custom/vegaplus.cfg b/make/custom/vegaplus.cfg
index e7487a1433..98011d2aa4 100644
--- a/make/custom/vegaplus.cfg
+++ b/make/custom/vegaplus.cfg
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ RTEMS_BSP_FAMILY=vegaplus
 #  and (hopefully) optimize for it. 
 #
 #CPU_CFLAGS = -mcpu=arm7tdmi
-CPU_CFLAGS =
+CPU_CFLAGS = -msoft-float
 
 # optimize flag: typically -0, could use -O4 or -fast
 # -O4 is ok for RTEMS