Index: boot/arch/mips32/loader/Makefile
===================================================================
--- boot/arch/mips32/loader/Makefile	(revision 80791a7214b411e1af8266d1f280249f724a3652)
+++ boot/arch/mips32/loader/Makefile	(revision 42a0607ecb65ef66c5e86b96e979d08e140d3a70)
@@ -33,4 +33,8 @@
 #
 
+ifndef CROSS_PREFIX
+	CROSS_PREFIX = /usr/local
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(IMAGE),binary)
 	LD_IN = binary
@@ -42,5 +46,5 @@
 BFD_ARCH = mips
 TARGET = mipsel-linux-gnu
-TOOLCHAIN_DIR = /usr/local/mipsel/bin
+TOOLCHAIN_DIR = $(CROSS_PREFIX)/mipsel/bin
 
 ifeq ($(COMPILER),gcc_native)