diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index bd4abab..7dc9dc6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -593,6 +593,8 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(KCFLAGS)
 UBOOTINCLUDE    := \
 		-Iinclude \
 		$(if $(KBUILD_SRC), -I$(srctree)/include) \
+		$(if $(CONFIG_SYS_THUMB_BUILD), $(if $(CONFIG_HAS_THUMB2),, \
+			-I$(srctree)/arch/$(ARCH)/thumb1/include),) \
 		-I$(srctree)/arch/$(ARCH)/include \
 		-include $(srctree)/include/linux/kconfig.h
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 820ba1c..35420ca 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ config ARM64
 config HAS_VBAR
         bool
 
+config HAS_THUMB2
+        bool
+
 config CPU_ARM720T
         bool
 
@@ -32,6 +35,7 @@ config CPU_ARM1176
 config CPU_V7
         bool
         select HAS_VBAR
+        select HAS_THUMB2
 
 config CPU_PXA
         bool
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/Makefile b/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/Makefile
index f5944cc..090d64b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/Makefile
@@ -22,3 +22,14 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_MX27) += mx27/
 obj-$(if $(filter mxs,$(SOC)),y) += mxs/
 obj-$(CONFIG_PANTHEON) += pantheon/
 obj-$(if $(filter spear,$(SOC)),y) += spear/
+
+# some files can only build in ARM or THUMB2, not THUMB1
+
+ifdef CONFIG_SYS_THUMB_BUILD
+ifndef CONFIG_HAS_THUMB2
+
+CFLAGS_cpu.o := -marm
+CFLAGS_cache.o := -marm
+
+endif
+endif
diff --git a/arch/arm/lib/Makefile b/arch/arm/lib/Makefile
index da8ed72..a753bca 100644
--- a/arch/arm/lib/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/lib/Makefile
@@ -55,3 +55,14 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_LL)	+= debug.o
 ifneq (,$(findstring -mabi=aapcs-linux,$(PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS)))
 extra-y	+= eabi_compat.o
 endif
+
+# some files can only build in ARM or THUMB2, not THUMB1
+
+ifdef CONFIG_SYS_THUMB_BUILD
+ifndef CONFIG_HAS_THUMB2
+
+CFLAGS_cache.o := -marm
+CFLAGS_cache-cp15.o := -marm
+
+endif
+endif
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-orion5x/Makefile b/arch/arm/mach-orion5x/Makefile
index 546ebcb..33dcad4 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-orion5x/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-orion5x/Makefile
@@ -16,3 +16,13 @@ obj-y	+= timer.o
 ifndef CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT
 obj-y	+= lowlevel_init.o
 endif
+
+# some files can only build in ARM or THUMB2, not THUMB1
+
+ifdef CONFIG_SYS_THUMB_BUILD
+ifndef CONFIG_HAS_THUMB2
+
+CFLAGS_cpu.o := -marm
+
+endif
+endif
diff --git a/arch/arm/thumb1/include/asm/proc-armv/system.h b/arch/arm/thumb1/include/asm/proc-armv/system.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7dfbf3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm/thumb1/include/asm/proc-armv/system.h
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+/*
+ *  Thumb-1 drop-in for the linux/include/asm-arm/proc-armv/system.h
+ *
+ *  (C) Copyright 2015
+ *  Albert ARIBAUD <albert.u.boot@aribaud.net>
+ *
+ * The original file does not build in Thumb mode. However, in U-Boot
+ * we don't use interrupt context, so we can redefine these as empty
+ * memory barriers, which makes Thumb-1 compiler happy.
+ *
+ *  SPDX-License-Identifier:	GPL-2.0+
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Use the same macro name as linux/include/asm-arm/proc-armv/system.h
+ * here, so that if the original ever gets included after us, it won't
+ * try to re-redefine anything.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __ASM_PROC_SYSTEM_H
+#define __ASM_PROC_SYSTEM_H
+
+/*
+ * Redefine all original macros with static inline functions containing
+ * a simple memory barrier, so that they produce the same instruction
+ * ordering constraints as their original counterparts.
+ * We use static inline functions rather than macros so that we can tell
+ * the compiler to not complain about unused arguments.
+ */
+
+static inline void local_irq_save(
+	unsigned long flags __attribute__((unused)))
+{
+	__asm__ __volatile__ ("" : : : "memory");
+}
+
+static inline void local_irq_enable(void)
+{
+	__asm__ __volatile__ ("" : : : "memory");
+}
+
+static inline void local_irq_disable(void)
+{
+	__asm__ __volatile__ ("" : : : "memory");
+}
+
+static inline void __stf(void)
+{
+	__asm__ __volatile__ ("" : : : "memory");
+}
+
+static inline void __clf(void)
+{
+	__asm__ __volatile__ ("" : : : "memory");
+}
+
+static inline void local_save_flags(
+	unsigned long flags __attribute__((unused)))
+{
+	__asm__ __volatile__ ("" : : : "memory");
+}
+
+static inline void local_irq_restore(
+	unsigned long flags __attribute__((unused)))
+{
+	__asm__ __volatile__ ("" : : : "memory");
+}
+
+#endif /*  __ASM_PROC_SYSTEM_H */
diff --git a/examples/standalone/Makefile b/examples/standalone/Makefile
index 0863a8c..5a6ae00 100644
--- a/examples/standalone/Makefile
+++ b/examples/standalone/Makefile
@@ -73,3 +73,13 @@ $(obj)/%.srec: $(obj)/% FORCE
 $(obj)/%.bin: OBJCOPYFLAGS := -O binary
 $(obj)/%.bin: $(obj)/% FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,objcopy)
+
+# some files can only build in ARM or THUMB2, not THUMB1
+
+ifdef CONFIG_SYS_THUMB_BUILD
+ifndef CONFIG_HAS_THUMB2
+
+CFLAGS_stubs.o := -marm
+
+endif
+endif
diff --git a/include/configs/edminiv2.h b/include/configs/edminiv2.h
index 70a698a..112583b 100644
--- a/include/configs/edminiv2.h
+++ b/include/configs/edminiv2.h
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 #ifndef _CONFIG_EDMINIV2_H
 #define _CONFIG_EDMINIV2_H
 
+#define CONFIG_SYS_THUMB_BUILD
+
 /*
  * Version number information
  */
@@ -203,7 +205,7 @@
 /*
  * Size of malloc() pool
  */
-#define CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN	(1024 * 256) /* 256kB for malloc() */
+#define CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN		(1024 * 1024) /* 1MB for malloc() */
 
 /*
  * Other required minimal configurations
