diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a0cafbddc5..1c49f30594 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -403,12 +403,20 @@ $(obj)u-boot.ubl:       $(obj)u-boot-nand.bin
 		$(obj)tools/mkimage -n $(UBL_CONFIG) -T ublimage \
 		-e $(CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE) -d $< $@
 
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_SANDBOX),y)
+GEN_UBOOT = \
+		cd $(LNDIR) && $(CC) $(SYMS) -T $(obj)u-boot.lds \
+			-Wl,--start-group $(__LIBS) -Wl,--end-group \
+			$(PLATFORM_LIBS) -Wl,-Map -Wl,u-boot.map -o u-boot
+else
 GEN_UBOOT = \
 		UNDEF_SYM=`$(OBJDUMP) -x $(LIBBOARD) $(LIBS) | \
 		sed  -n -e 's/.*\($(SYM_PREFIX)__u_boot_cmd_.*\)/-u\1/p'|sort|uniq`;\
 		cd $(LNDIR) && $(LD) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_$(@F)) $$UNDEF_SYM $(__OBJS) \
 			--start-group $(__LIBS) --end-group $(PLATFORM_LIBS) \
 			-Map u-boot.map -o u-boot
+endif
+
 $(obj)u-boot:	depend \
 		$(SUBDIRS) $(OBJS) $(LIBBOARD) $(LIBS) $(LDSCRIPT) $(obj)u-boot.lds
 		$(GEN_UBOOT)