diff --git a/src/ci/docker/dist-various-1/Dockerfile b/src/ci/docker/dist-various-1/Dockerfile
index a616693311a..c6cb86ebd61 100644
--- a/src/ci/docker/dist-various-1/Dockerfile
+++ b/src/ci/docker/dist-various-1/Dockerfile
@@ -46,15 +46,20 @@ ENV TARGETS=$TARGETS,mips-unknown-linux-musl
 ENV TARGETS=$TARGETS,mipsel-unknown-linux-musl
 ENV TARGETS=$TARGETS,arm-unknown-linux-musleabi
 ENV TARGETS=$TARGETS,arm-unknown-linux-musleabihf
+ENV TARGETS=$TARGETS,armv5te-unknown-linux-gnueabi
 ENV TARGETS=$TARGETS,armv7-unknown-linux-musleabihf
 ENV TARGETS=$TARGETS,aarch64-unknown-linux-musl
 ENV TARGETS=$TARGETS,sparc64-unknown-linux-gnu
 ENV TARGETS=$TARGETS,x86_64-unknown-redox
 
+# FIXME: remove armv5te vars after https://github.com/alexcrichton/cc-rs/issues/271
+#        get fixed and cc update
 ENV CC_mipsel_unknown_linux_musl=mipsel-openwrt-linux-gcc \
     CC_mips_unknown_linux_musl=mips-openwrt-linux-gcc \
     CC_sparc64_unknown_linux_gnu=sparc64-linux-gnu-gcc \
-    CC_x86_64_unknown_redox=x86_64-unknown-redox-gcc
+    CC_x86_64_unknown_redox=x86_64-unknown-redox-gcc \
+    CC_armv5te_unknown_linux_gnueabi=arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc \
+    CFLAGS_armv5te_unknown_linux_gnueabi="-march=armv5te -mfloat-abi=soft"
 
 # Suppress some warnings in the openwrt toolchains we downloaded
 ENV STAGING_DIR=/tmp
diff --git a/src/tools/build-manifest/src/main.rs b/src/tools/build-manifest/src/main.rs
index c4e696e1760..371bbd16a5e 100644
--- a/src/tools/build-manifest/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/tools/build-manifest/src/main.rs
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ static TARGETS: &'static [&'static str] = &[
     "arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf",
     "arm-unknown-linux-musleabi",
     "arm-unknown-linux-musleabihf",
+    "armv5te-unknown-linux-gnueabi",
     "armv7-apple-ios",
     "armv7-linux-androideabi",
     "armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf",