diff --git a/libc/Android.mk b/libc/Android.mk
index 59a4c6b..12d5c92 100644
--- a/libc/Android.mk
+++ b/libc/Android.mk
@@ -366,6 +366,16 @@
 ifeq ($(TARGET_ARCH),arm)
   libc_common_cflags += -fstrict-aliasing
   libc_crt_target_cflags := -mthumb-interwork
+  #
+  # Define HAVE_ARM_TLS_REGISTER macro to indicate to the C library
+  # that it should access the hardware TLS register directly in
+  # private/bionic_tls.h
+  #
+  # The value must match your kernel configuration
+  #
+  ifeq ($(ARCH_ARM_HAVE_TLS_REGISTER),true)
+    libc_common_cflags += -DHAVE_ARM_TLS_REGISTER
+  endif
 else # !arm
   ifeq ($(TARGET_ARCH),x86)
     libc_crt_target_cflags := -m32