diff --git a/configure/os/CONFIG_SITE.Common.linux-arm b/configure/os/CONFIG_SITE.Common.linux-arm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..466dffe15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configure/os/CONFIG_SITE.Common.linux-arm
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# CONFIG_SITE.Common.linux-arm
+#
+# $Revision-Id$
+#
+# Site Specific definitions for linux-arm target
+# Only the local epics system manager should modify this file
+
+# NOTE for SHARED_LIBRARIES: In most cases if this is set to YES the
+# shared libraries will be found automatically.  However if the .so
+# files are installed at a different path to their compile-time path
+# then in order to be found at runtime do one of these:
+# a) LD_LIBRARY_PATH must include the full absolute pathname to
+#    $(INSTALL_LOCATION)/lib/$(EPICS_HOST_ARCH) when invoking base
+#    executables.
+# b) Add the runtime path to SHRLIB_DEPLIB_DIRS and PROD_DEPLIB_DIRS, which 
+#    will add the named directory to the list contained in the executables.
+# c) Add the runtime path to /etc/ld.so.conf and run ldconfig
+#    to inform the system of the shared library location.
+
+# Depending on your version of Linux you'll want one of the following
+# lines to enable command-line editing and history in iocsh.  If you're
+# not sure which, start with the top one and work downwards until the
+# build doesn't fail to link the readline library.  If none of them work,
+# comment them all out to build without readline support.
+
+# No other libraries needed (recent Fedora, Ubuntu etc.):
+#COMMANDLINE_LIBRARY = READLINE
+
+# Needs -lncurses (RHEL 5 etc.):
+#COMMANDLINE_LIBRARY = READLINE_NCURSES
+
+# Needs -lcurses (older versions)
+#COMMANDLINE_LIBRARY = READLINE_CURSES
+
+
+# It makes sense to include debugging symbols even in optimized builds
+# in case you want to attach gdb to the process or examine a core-dump.
+# This does cost disk space, but not memory as debug symbols are not
+# loaded into RAM when the binary is loaded.
+OPT_CFLAGS_YES += -g
+OPT_CXXFLAGS_YES += -g
diff --git a/configure/os/CONFIG_SITE.linux-x86-debug.linux-x86-debug b/configure/os/CONFIG_SITE.linux-x86-debug.linux-x86-debug
index 69f6e7daf..7e6cd3768 100644
--- a/configure/os/CONFIG_SITE.linux-x86-debug.linux-x86-debug
+++ b/configure/os/CONFIG_SITE.linux-x86-debug.linux-x86-debug
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# CONFIG_SITE.linux-x86-debug.linux-x86-debug
+#
+# $Revision-Id$
+#
+# Site specific overrides for linux-x86-debug host and target builds
+#-------------------------------------------------------
 
 #Prepares the object code to collect data for profiling with prof. 
 #PROFILE=YES
diff --git a/configure/os/CONFIG_SITE.linux-x86_64-debug.linux-x86_64-debug b/configure/os/CONFIG_SITE.linux-x86_64-debug.linux-x86_64-debug
index 848b7c89a..3685bc811 100644
--- a/configure/os/CONFIG_SITE.linux-x86_64-debug.linux-x86_64-debug
+++ b/configure/os/CONFIG_SITE.linux-x86_64-debug.linux-x86_64-debug
@@ -2,10 +2,8 @@
 #
 # $Revision-Id$
 #
-# Site specific override definitions for solaris-sparc host builds
-# Only the local epics system manager should modify this file
-
-
+# Site specific overrides for linux-x86_64 host and target builds
+#-------------------------------------------------------
 
 #Prepares the object code to collect data for profiling with prof. 
 #PROFILE=YES
diff --git a/configure/os/CONFIG_SITE.linux-x86_64.linux-arm b/configure/os/CONFIG_SITE.linux-x86_64.linux-arm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..95d64e108
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configure/os/CONFIG_SITE.linux-x86_64.linux-arm
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# CONFIG_SITE.linux-x86_64.linux-arm
+#
+# $Revision-Id$
+#
+# Site specific settings for linux-x86_64 host - linux-arm target builds
+#-------------------------------------------------------
+
+# Inherit setting from linux-x86
+include $(CONFIG)/os/CONFIG_SITE.linux-x86.linux-arm