diff --git a/cross/imagemagick/Makefile b/cross/imagemagick/Makefile
index 893f97ccae60..72c9a7f63441 100644
--- a/cross/imagemagick/Makefile
+++ b/cross/imagemagick/Makefile
@@ -12,18 +12,25 @@ HOMEPAGE = http://www.imagemagick.org/
 COMMENT  = ImageMagick is a software suite to create, edit, compose, or convert bitmap images.
 LICENSE  = Apache 2.0
 
-UNSUPPORTED_ARCHS = powerpc ppc824x
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE = 1
 
 CONFIGURE_ARGS = --disable-installed --without-perl --without-x --without-fpx --without-wmf --disable-openmp
 
 
-INSTALL_TARGET = imagemagick_extra_install
+INSTALL_TARGET = imagemagick_install
 
 include ../../mk/spksrc.cross-cc.mk
 
-imagemagick_extra_install:
+ifeq ($(findstring $(ARCH), $(ARM5_ARCHES) powerpc ppc824x ppc853x ppc854x),$(ARCH))
+# ARM5_ARCHES and PPC_ARCHES (except QorIQ) have older kernels
+# linking to lib rt fixes unreferenced clock_gettime
+CONFIGURE_ARGS += CFLAGS=-lrt
+endif
+
+
+.PHONY: imagemagick_install
+imagemagick_install:
 	$(RUN) make install prefix=$(STAGING_INSTALL_PREFIX) \
 	SHARE_PATH=$(STAGING_INSTALL_PREFIX)/share/ImageMagick-7/ \
 	DATA_DIR=$(STAGING_INSTALL_PREFIX)/share/ImageMagick-7/ \