Index: share/mk/local.meta.sys.mk
===================================================================
--- share/mk/local.meta.sys.mk
+++ share/mk/local.meta.sys.mk
@@ -20,6 +20,31 @@
 TARGET_ARCHES_powerpc?= powerpc powerpc64 powerpcspe
 TARGET_ARCHES_riscv?=   riscv64 riscv64sf
 
+# Set target-specific linker emulation name. (from sys/conf/kern.mk)
+LD_EMULATION_aarch64=aarch64elf
+LD_EMULATION_amd64=elf_x86_64_fbsd
+LD_EMULATION_arm=armelf_fbsd
+LD_EMULATION_armv6=armelf_fbsd
+LD_EMULATION_armv7=armelf_fbsd
+LD_EMULATION_i386=elf_i386_fbsd
+LD_EMULATION_mips= elf32btsmip_fbsd
+LD_EMULATION_mipshf= elf32btsmip_fbsd
+LD_EMULATION_mips64= elf64btsmip_fbsd
+LD_EMULATION_mips64hf= elf64btsmip_fbsd
+LD_EMULATION_mipsel= elf32ltsmip_fbsd
+LD_EMULATION_mipselhf= elf32ltsmip_fbsd
+LD_EMULATION_mips64el= elf64ltsmip_fbsd
+LD_EMULATION_mips64elhf= elf64ltsmip_fbsd
+LD_EMULATION_mipsn32= elf32btsmipn32_fbsd
+LD_EMULATION_mipsn32el= elf32btsmipn32_fbsd   # I don't think this is a thing that works
+LD_EMULATION_powerpc= elf32ppc_fbsd
+LD_EMULATION_powerpcspe= elf32ppc_fbsd
+LD_EMULATION_powerpc64= elf64ppc_fbsd
+LD_EMULATION_riscv64= elf64lriscv
+LD_EMULATION_sparc64= elf64_sparc_fbsd
+LD_EMULATION=${LD_EMULATION_${MACHINE_ARCH}}
+
+
 # some corner cases
 BOOT_MACHINE_DIR.amd64 = boot/i386
 MACHINE_ARCH.host = ${_HOST_ARCH}
@@ -249,7 +274,7 @@
 CROSS_TARGET_FLAGS= -target ${MACHINE_ARCH}-unknown-freebsd${FREEBSD_REVISION}
 CFLAGS+= ${CROSS_TARGET_FLAGS}
 ACFLAGS+= ${CROSS_TARGET_FLAGS}
-LDFLAGS+= -Wl,-m -Wl,elf_${MACHINE_ARCH}_fbsd
+LDFLAGS+= -Wl,-m -Wl,${LD_EMULATION}
 .endif
 
 META_MODE+=	missing-meta=yes