diff --git a/board/cray/L1/Makefile b/board/cray/L1/Makefile
index 44ef9c2..cfdd60e 100644
--- a/board/cray/L1/Makefile
+++ b/board/cray/L1/Makefile
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 # HACK: depend needs bootscript.c, which needs tools/mkimage, which is not
 # built in the depend stage.  So... put bootscript.o here, not in OBJS
 $(LIB):	$(OBJS) $(SOBJS) $(obj)bootscript.o
-	$(AR) crv $@ $^
+	$(AR) $(ARFLAGS) $@ $^
 
 clean:
 	rm -f $(SOBJS) $(OBJS) $(obj)bootscript.c \