diff --git a/Makefile.inc1 b/Makefile.inc1
--- a/Makefile.inc1
+++ b/Makefile.inc1
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@
 .if defined(CROSS_TOOLCHAIN_PREFIX)
 CROSS_BINUTILS_PREFIX?=${CROSS_TOOLCHAIN_PREFIX}
 .endif
-XBINUTILS=	AS AR LD NM OBJCOPY RANLIB SIZE STRINGS STRIPBIN
+XBINUTILS=	AS AR ELFCTL LD NM OBJCOPY RANLIB SIZE STRINGS STRIPBIN
 .for BINUTIL in ${XBINUTILS}
 .if defined(CROSS_BINUTILS_PREFIX) && \
     exists(${CROSS_BINUTILS_PREFIX}/${${BINUTIL}})
@@ -794,8 +794,8 @@
 
 CROSSENV+=	CC="${XCC} ${XCFLAGS}" CXX="${XCXX} ${XCXXFLAGS} ${XCFLAGS}" \
 		CPP="${XCPP} ${XCFLAGS}" \
-		AS="${XAS}" AR="${XAR}" LD="${XLD}" LLVM_LINK="${XLLVM_LINK}" \
-		NM=${XNM} OBJCOPY="${XOBJCOPY}" \
+		AS="${XAS}" AR="${XAR}" ELFCTL="${XELFCTL}" LD="${XLD}" \
+		LLVM_LINK="${XLLVM_LINK}" NM=${XNM} OBJCOPY="${XOBJCOPY}" \
 		RANLIB=${XRANLIB} STRINGS=${XSTRINGS} \
 		SIZE="${XSIZE}" STRIPBIN="${XSTRIPBIN}"
 
@@ -2600,6 +2600,7 @@
 .if ${MK_ELFTOOLCHAIN_BOOTSTRAP} != "no"
 _elftctools=	lib/libelftc \
 		lib/libpe \
+		usr.bin/elfctl \
 		usr.bin/objcopy \
 		usr.bin/nm \
 		usr.bin/size \
@@ -2613,6 +2614,7 @@
 # the target (for at least crunchide).
 _elftctools=	lib/libelftc \
 		lib/libpe \
+		usr.bin/elfctl \
 		usr.bin/objcopy
 .endif
 
diff --git a/share/mk/sys.mk b/share/mk/sys.mk
--- a/share/mk/sys.mk
+++ b/share/mk/sys.mk
@@ -210,6 +210,8 @@
 .endif
 .endif
 
+ELFCTL		?=	elfctl
+
 .if ${.MAKEFLAGS:M-N}
 # bmake -N is supposed to skip executing anything but it does not skip
 # exeucting '+' commands.  The '+' feature is used where .MAKE