diff --git a/arch/Config.in b/arch/Config.in
index fa8fe0f5ac..c60c42c1c5 100644
--- a/arch/Config.in
+++ b/arch/Config.in
@@ -353,6 +353,12 @@ config BR2_GCC_TARGET_FPU
 config BR2_GCC_TARGET_FLOAT_ABI
 	string
 
+# The value of this option will be passed as --with-simd=<value> when
+# building gcc (internal backend) or -simd=<value> in the toolchain
+# wrapper (external toolchain)
+config BR2_GCC_TARGET_SIMD
+	string
+
 # The value of this option will be passed as --with-mode=<value> when
 # building gcc (internal backend) or -m<value> in the toolchain
 # wrapper (external toolchain)
diff --git a/arch/arch.mk b/arch/arch.mk
index 4174d33df5..4a7851a9fd 100644
--- a/arch/arch.mk
+++ b/arch/arch.mk
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ GCC_TARGET_FP32_MODE := $(call qstrip,$(BR2_GCC_TARGET_FP32_MODE))
 GCC_TARGET_CPU := $(call qstrip,$(BR2_GCC_TARGET_CPU))
 GCC_TARGET_FPU := $(call qstrip,$(BR2_GCC_TARGET_FPU))
 GCC_TARGET_FLOAT_ABI := $(call qstrip,$(BR2_GCC_TARGET_FLOAT_ABI))
+GCC_TARGET_SIMD := $(call qstrip,$(BR2_GCC_TARGET_SIMD))
 GCC_TARGET_MODE := $(call qstrip,$(BR2_GCC_TARGET_MODE))
 
 # Explicitly set LD's "max-page-size" instead of relying on some defaults
diff --git a/package/gcc/gcc.mk b/package/gcc/gcc.mk
index 658f5a6b4f..ea96286c32 100644
--- a/package/gcc/gcc.mk
+++ b/package/gcc/gcc.mk
@@ -251,6 +251,10 @@ ifneq ($(GCC_TARGET_FLOAT_ABI),)
 HOST_GCC_COMMON_CONF_OPTS += --with-float=$(GCC_TARGET_FLOAT_ABI)
 endif
 
+ifneq ($(GCC_TARGET_SIMD),)
+HOST_GCC_COMMON_CONF_OPTS += --with-simd=$(GCC_TARGET_SIMD)
+endif
+
 ifneq ($(GCC_TARGET_MODE),)
 HOST_GCC_COMMON_CONF_OPTS += --with-mode=$(GCC_TARGET_MODE)
 endif
diff --git a/toolchain/toolchain-external/pkg-toolchain-external.mk b/toolchain/toolchain-external/pkg-toolchain-external.mk
index c08bf0a653..2c2afa76c0 100644
--- a/toolchain/toolchain-external/pkg-toolchain-external.mk
+++ b/toolchain/toolchain-external/pkg-toolchain-external.mk
@@ -217,6 +217,10 @@ ifneq ($(GCC_TARGET_FLOAT_ABI),)
 TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_CFLAGS += -mfloat-abi=$(GCC_TARGET_FLOAT_ABI)
 TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_TOOLCHAIN_WRAPPER_ARGS += -DBR_FLOAT_ABI='"$(GCC_TARGET_FLOAT_ABI)"'
 endif
+ifneq ($(GCC_TARGET_SIMD),)
+TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_CFLAGS += -msimd=$(GCC_TARGET_SIMD)
+TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_TOOLCHAIN_WRAPPER_ARGS += -DBR_SIMD='"$(GCC_TARGET_SIMD)"'
+endif
 ifneq ($(GCC_TARGET_MODE),)
 TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_CFLAGS += -m$(GCC_TARGET_MODE)
 TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_TOOLCHAIN_WRAPPER_ARGS += -DBR_MODE='"$(GCC_TARGET_MODE)"'
diff --git a/toolchain/toolchain-wrapper.c b/toolchain/toolchain-wrapper.c
index 9970cad5e1..4dde0362b6 100644
--- a/toolchain/toolchain-wrapper.c
+++ b/toolchain/toolchain-wrapper.c
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ static char *predef_args[] = {
 #ifdef BR_SOFTFLOAT
 	"-msoft-float",
 #endif /* BR_SOFTFLOAT */
+#ifdef BR_SIMD
+	"-msimd=" BR_SIMD,
+#endif
 #ifdef BR_MODE
 	"-m" BR_MODE,
 #endif