diff --git a/meta-arm/recipes-bsp/trusted-firmware-a/trusted-firmware-a.inc b/meta-arm/recipes-bsp/trusted-firmware-a/trusted-firmware-a.inc
index 8b19d68c..98085d0a 100644
--- a/meta-arm/recipes-bsp/trusted-firmware-a/trusted-firmware-a.inc
+++ b/meta-arm/recipes-bsp/trusted-firmware-a/trusted-firmware-a.inc
@@ -78,6 +78,17 @@ do_configure[noexec] = "1"
 DEPENDS_append = " dtc-native openssl-native"
 DEPENDS_append_aarch64_qemuall ?= " optee-os"
 
+# CC and LD introduce arguments which conflict with those otherwise provided by
+# this recipe. The heads of these variables excluding those arguments
+# are therefore used instead.
+def remove_options_tail (in_string):
+    from itertools import takewhile
+    return ' '.join(takewhile(lambda x: not x.startswith('-'), in_string.split(' ')))
+
+EXTRA_OEMAKE += "LD=${@remove_options_tail(d.getVar('LD'))}"
+
+EXTRA_OEMAKE += "CC=${@remove_options_tail(d.getVar('CC'))}"
+
 EXTRA_OEMAKE += "V=1"
 
 # Add platform parameter