diff --git a/eng/common/cross/toolchain.cmake b/eng/common/cross/toolchain.cmake
index f7878dddd39..fba2afda438 100644
--- a/eng/common/cross/toolchain.cmake
+++ b/eng/common/cross/toolchain.cmake
@@ -37,6 +37,13 @@ elseif(TARGET_ARCH_NAME STREQUAL "arm")
   if(TIZEN)
     set(TIZEN_TOOLCHAIN "armv7hl-tizen-linux-gnueabihf/9.2.0")
   endif()
+elseif(TARGET_ARCH_NAME STREQUAL "armv6")
+  set(CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR armv6l)
+  if(EXISTS ${CROSS_ROOTFS}/usr/lib/gcc/armv6-alpine-linux-musleabihf)
+    set(TOOLCHAIN "armv6-alpine-linux-musleabihf")
+  else()
+    set(TOOLCHAIN "arm-linux-gnueabihf")
+  endif()
 elseif(TARGET_ARCH_NAME STREQUAL "arm64")
   set(CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR aarch64)
   if(EXISTS ${CROSS_ROOTFS}/usr/lib/gcc/aarch64-alpine-linux-musl)
@@ -60,7 +67,7 @@ elseif (ILLUMOS)
   set(CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR "x86_64")
   set(TOOLCHAIN "x86_64-illumos")
 else()
-  message(FATAL_ERROR "Arch is ${TARGET_ARCH_NAME}. Only armel, arm, arm64, s390x and x86 are supported!")
+  message(FATAL_ERROR "Arch is ${TARGET_ARCH_NAME}. Only armel, arm, armv6, arm64, s390x and x86 are supported!")
 endif()
 
 if(DEFINED ENV{TOOLCHAIN})
@@ -194,7 +201,7 @@ endif()
 
 # Specify compile options
 
-if((TARGET_ARCH_NAME MATCHES "^(arm|armel|arm64|s390x)$" AND NOT ANDROID) OR ILLUMOS)
+if((TARGET_ARCH_NAME MATCHES "^(arm|armv6|armel|arm64|s390x)$" AND NOT ANDROID) OR ILLUMOS)
   set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_TARGET ${TOOLCHAIN})
   set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_TARGET ${TOOLCHAIN})
   set(CMAKE_ASM_COMPILER_TARGET ${TOOLCHAIN})