diff --git a/build/cmake/toolchains/armv7-linux-gcc.cmake b/build/cmake/toolchains/armv7-linux-gcc.cmake
index b898b4b..0a2fca1 100644
--- a/build/cmake/toolchains/armv7-linux-gcc.cmake
+++ b/build/cmake/toolchains/armv7-linux-gcc.cmake
@@ -28,8 +28,10 @@
 set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER ${CROSS}gcc)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER ${CROSS}g++)
 set(AS_EXECUTABLE ${CROSS}as)
-set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ARG1 "-march=armv7-a ${AOM_EXTRA_TOOLCHAIN_FLAGS}")
-set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ARG1 "-march=armv7-a ${AOM_EXTRA_TOOLCHAIN_FLAGS}")
+set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ARG1 "-march=armv7-a -mfpu=vfpv3 \
+                          ${AOM_EXTRA_TOOLCHAIN_FLAGS}")
+set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ARG1 "-march=armv7-a -mfpu=vfpv3 \
+                            ${AOM_EXTRA_TOOLCHAIN_FLAGS}")
 set(AOM_AS_FLAGS --defsym ARCHITECTURE=7 -march=armv7-a -mfpu=neon
                  ${AOM_EXTRA_TOOLCHAIN_FLAGS})
 set(CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR "armv7")