diff --git a/meta-arm-toolchain/conf/distro/include/tcmode-external-arm.inc b/meta-arm-toolchain/conf/distro/include/tcmode-external-arm.inc
index 898663ea..99fe56b8 100644
--- a/meta-arm-toolchain/conf/distro/include/tcmode-external-arm.inc
+++ b/meta-arm-toolchain/conf/distro/include/tcmode-external-arm.inc
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ EAT_TARGET_SYS:aarch64 ?= "${@ 'aarch64-none-linux-gnu' if os.path.exists('${EXT
 EAT_TARGET_SYS = "${TARGET_SYS}"
 TARGET_PREFIX = "${EAT_TARGET_SYS}-"
 
+EXTERNAL_TOOLCHAIN_LIBDIR = "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'usrmerge', '/usr/lib', '/lib', d)}"
+EXTERNAL_TOOLCHAIN_DYN_LINKER_PATH:arm ?= " -Wl,--dynamic-linker=${EXTERNAL_TOOLCHAIN_LIBDIR}/ld-linux-armhf.so.3"
+EXTERNAL_TOOLCHAIN_DYN_LINKER_PATH:aarch64 ?= " -Wl,--dynamic-linker=${EXTERNAL_TOOLCHAIN_LIBDIR}/ld-linux-aarch64.so.1"
+TARGET_LDFLAGS:append:class-target = "${EXTERNAL_TOOLCHAIN_DYN_LINKER_PATH}"
+
 EAT_LIBDIR:arm = "lib"
 EAT_LIBDIR:aarch64 = "lib64"