diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.clang b/scripts/Makefile.clang
index 297932e973d4..1f4e3eb70f88 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.clang
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.clang
@@ -1,6 +1,27 @@
-ifneq ($(CROSS_COMPILE),)
+# Individual arch/{arch}/Makefiles should use -EL/-EB to set intended
+# endianness and -m32/-m64 to set word size based on Kconfigs instead of
+# relying on the target triple.
+CLANG_TARGET_FLAGS_arm		:= arm-linux-gnueabi
+CLANG_TARGET_FLAGS_arm64	:= aarch64-linux-gnu
+CLANG_TARGET_FLAGS_hexagon	:= hexagon-linux-musl
+CLANG_TARGET_FLAGS_m68k		:= m68k-linux-gnu
+CLANG_TARGET_FLAGS_mips		:= mipsel-linux-gnu
+CLANG_TARGET_FLAGS_powerpc	:= powerpc64le-linux-gnu
+CLANG_TARGET_FLAGS_riscv	:= riscv64-linux-gnu
+CLANG_TARGET_FLAGS_s390		:= s390x-linux-gnu
+CLANG_TARGET_FLAGS_x86		:= x86_64-linux-gnu
+CLANG_TARGET_FLAGS		:= $(CLANG_TARGET_FLAGS_$(SRCARCH))
+
+ifeq ($(CROSS_COMPILE),)
+ifeq ($(CLANG_TARGET_FLAGS),)
+$(error Specify CROSS_COMPILE or add '--target=' option to scripts/Makefile.clang)
+else
+CLANG_FLAGS	+= --target=$(CLANG_TARGET_FLAGS)
+endif # CLANG_TARGET_FLAGS
+else
 CLANG_FLAGS	+= --target=$(notdir $(CROSS_COMPILE:%-=%))
-endif
+endif # CROSS_COMPILE
+
 ifeq ($(LLVM_IAS),1)
 CLANG_FLAGS	+= -integrated-as
 else