diff --git a/libs/libtheora/Makefile b/libs/libtheora/Makefile
index 9f3f8f922b..96f0731afe 100644
--- a/libs/libtheora/Makefile
+++ b/libs/libtheora/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=libtheora
 PKG_VERSION:=1.2.0
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://downloads.xiph.org/releases/theora/
 PKG_HASH:=ebdf77a8f5c0a8f7a9e42323844fa09502b34eb1d1fece7b5f54da41fe2122ec
@@ -49,9 +49,12 @@ CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
 	--disable-vorbistest \
 	--disable-sdltest
 
-ifneq ($(findstring armeb,$(CONFIG_ARCH)),)
+# --disable-asm on pre-ARMv7 ARM so we don't emit assembler which cannot be executed
+ifeq ($(ARCH),arm)
+ifeq ($(findstring armv7,$(TARGET_CFLAGS))$(findstring armv8,$(TARGET_CFLAGS)),)
 CONFIGURE_ARGS += --disable-asm
 endif
+endif
 
 define Build/InstallDev
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/include/theora/