diff --git a/sys/arch/i386/conf/Makefile.i386 b/sys/arch/i386/conf/Makefile.i386
index a1457dbf2003..39268760e37c 100644
--- a/sys/arch/i386/conf/Makefile.i386
+++ b/sys/arch/i386/conf/Makefile.i386
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#	$NetBSD: Makefile.i386,v 1.180 2014/02/05 18:52:22 dsl Exp $
+#	$NetBSD: Makefile.i386,v 1.181 2014/02/07 00:25:45 joerg Exp $
 
 # Makefile for NetBSD
 #
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ GENASSYM_CONF=	${I386}/i386/genassym.cf
 ## (2) compile settings
 ##
 CPPFLAGS+=	-Di386
-CFLAGS+=        -mno-80387 -mno-fp-ret-in-387
+CFLAGS+=	-msoft-float
 ## no-sse implies no-sse2 but not no-avx
 CFLAGS+=	-mno-mmx -mno-sse -mno-avx