diff --git a/master.cfg b/master.cfg
index 9c8dcb6..f9686b2 100644
--- a/master.cfg
+++ b/master.cfg
@@ -1128,7 +1128,7 @@ class RunTestGDBPlainAIX (RunTestGDBAIX_Common, RunTestGDBPlain_c64t64):
 class RunTestGDBARM_Common (BuildAndTestGDBFactory):
     """Common ARM configurations (for Yao)"""
     def __init__ (self, **kwargs):
-        self.extra_conf_flags = [ 'CC=arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc-4.8', 'CXX=arm-linux-gnueabihf-g++-4.8', '--host=arm-linux-gnueabihf' ]
+        self.extra_conf_flags = [ 'CC=arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc-4.8', 'CXX=arm-linux-gnueabihf-g++-4.8', '--host=arm-linux-gnueabihf', '--enable-64-bit-bfd' ]
         self.extra_make_check_flags = [ 'RUNTESTFLAGS=CC_FOR_TARGET=arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc-4.8 CXX_FOR_TARGET=arm-linux-gnueabihf-g++-4.8' ]
         BuildAndTestGDBFactory.__init__ (self, **kwargs)