diff --git a/sys/conf/Makefile.mips b/sys/conf/Makefile.mips
index d1e692390803..de006c018e6d 100644
--- a/sys/conf/Makefile.mips
+++ b/sys/conf/Makefile.mips
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ CFLAGS+=${EXTRA_FLAGS} $(ARCH_FLAGS)
 HACK_EXTRA_FLAGS+=${EXTRA_FLAGS} $(ARCH_FLAGS)
 TRAMP_ARCH_FLAGS?=$(ARCH_FLAGS)
 TRAMP_EXTRA_FLAGS=${EXTRA_FLAGS} ${TRAMP_ARCH_FLAGS}
+# Kernel code is always compiled with soft-float on MIPS
+TRAMP_EXTRA_FLAGS+=-msoft-float
 .if ${MACHINE_ARCH:Mmips64*} != ""
 TRAMP_ELFSIZE=64
 .else