diff --git a/srcpkgs/botan/template b/srcpkgs/botan/template
index 70b119bb5e4..e3d22b695af 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/botan/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/botan/template
@@ -47,23 +47,27 @@ do_configure() {
 		_cpu="armv5"
 		_arch="armv5te"
 		_march="armv5te"
+		_float="soft"
 		_args+=" --disable-modules=simd"
 		;;
 	armv6*)
 		_cpu="armv6"
 		_arch="armv6"
 		_march="armv6"
+		_float="hard"
 		_args+=" --disable-modules=simd"
 		;;
 	armv7*)
 		_cpu="armv7-a"
 		_arch="armv7"
 		_march="armv7-a"
+		_float="hard"
 		_args+=" --disable-modules=simd"
 		;;
 	aarch64*)
 		_cpu="armv8-a"
 		_arch="arm64"
+		_float="hard"
 		_march="armv8-a"
 		;;
 	mipselhf*)
@@ -71,18 +75,21 @@ do_configure() {
 		_arch="mips"
 		_march="mips32"
 		_mtune="mips32r2 --hard-float"
+		_float="hard"
 		;;
 	mipshf*)
 		_cpu="mips32"
 		_arch="mips"
 		_march="mips32"
 		_mtune="mips32r2 --hard-float"
+		_float="hard"
 		;;
 	mips*)
 		_cpu="mips32"
 		_arch="mips"
 		_march="mips32"
 		_mtune="mips32r2 --soft-float"
+		_float="soft"
 		;;
 	esac
 
@@ -107,7 +114,8 @@ do_configure() {
 	sed -i Makefile \
 		-e"s;-std= ;-std=c++11 ;" \
 		-e"s;-march= ;-march=${_march} ;" \
-		-e"s;-mtune= ;-mtune=${_tune} ;"
+		-e"s;-mtune= ;-mtune=${_tune} ;" \
+		-e"s;-mfloat-abi= ;-mfloat-abi=${_float} ;"
 }
 post_install() {
 	vlicense license.txt