diff --git a/bfd/elf32-arm.c b/bfd/elf32-arm.c
index 9f956d3..f5b61f1 100644
--- a/bfd/elf32-arm.c
+++ b/bfd/elf32-arm.c
@@ -19585,7 +19585,10 @@ elf32_arm_vxworks_final_write_processing (bfd *abfd, bfd_boolean linker)
 #undef  ELF_MAXPAGESIZE
 #define ELF_MAXPAGESIZE			0x1000
 
+/* Prioritize elf32-*arm (priority 1) over elf32-*arm-vxworks (priority 2) */
+#define elf_match_priority 2
 #include "elf32-target.h"
+#undef  elf_match_priority
 
 
 /* Merge backend specific data from an object file to the output
@@ -19974,4 +19977,7 @@ elf32_arm_symbian_plt_sym_val (bfd_vma i, const asection *plt,
 #undef  ELF_MAXPAGESIZE
 #define ELF_MAXPAGESIZE			0x8000
 
+/* Prioritize elf32-*arm (priority 1) over elf32-*arm-symbian (priority 2) */
+#define elf_match_priority 2
 #include "elf32-target.h"
+#undef  elf_match_priority