diff --git a/arch/arc/cpu/arcv2/Makefile b/arch/arc/cpu/arcv2/Makefile
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+#
+# Copyright (C) 2013-2015 Synopsys, Inc. All rights reserved.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier:	GPL-2.0+
+#
+
+obj-y += start.o