diff --git a/3rdparty/tbb/CMakeLists.txt b/3rdparty/tbb/CMakeLists.txt
index 6c633e9b9c..12224032d5 100644
--- a/3rdparty/tbb/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/3rdparty/tbb/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -115,29 +115,16 @@ file(GLOB lib_srcs "${tbb_src_dir}/src/tbb/*.cpp")
 file(GLOB lib_hdrs "${tbb_src_dir}/src/tbb/*.h")
 list(APPEND lib_srcs "${tbb_src_dir}/src/rml/client/rml_tbb.cpp")
 
-if (ANDROID)
-  add_definitions(-D__TBB_DYNAMIC_LOAD_ENABLED=0         #required
-                  -D__TBB_BUILD=1                        #required
-                  -D__TBB_SURVIVE_THREAD_SWITCH=0        #no cilk on Android?
-                  -DUSE_PTHREAD                          #required
-                  -DTBB_USE_GCC_BUILTINS=1               #required
-                  -DTBB_USE_DEBUG=0                      #just to be sure
-                  -DTBB_NO_LEGACY=1                      #don't need backward compatibility
-                  -DDO_ITT_NOTIFY=0                      #it seems that we don't need these notifications on Android
-               )
-else()
-  add_definitions(-D__TBB_DYNAMIC_LOAD_ENABLED=1         #required
-                  -D__TBB_BUILD=1                        #required
-                  -D__TBB_SURVIVE_THREAD_SWITCH=1        #cilk
-                  -DUSE_PTHREAD                          #required
-                  -DTBB_USE_GCC_BUILTINS=1               #required
-                  -DTBB_USE_DEBUG=0                      #just to be sure
-                  -DTBB_NO_LEGACY=1                      #don't need backward compatibility
-                  -DDO_ITT_NOTIFY=0                      #Required
+add_definitions(-D__TBB_DYNAMIC_LOAD_ENABLED=0         #required
+                -D__TBB_BUILD=1                        #required
+                -D__TBB_SURVIVE_THREAD_SWITCH=0        #no cilk on Android?
+                -DUSE_PTHREAD                          #required
+                -DTBB_USE_GCC_BUILTINS=1               #required
+                -DTBB_USE_DEBUG=0                      #just to be sure
+                -DTBB_NO_LEGACY=1                      #don't need backward compatibility
+                -DDO_ITT_NOTIFY=0                      #it seems that we don't need these notifications on Android
                )
 
-endif()
-
 if(ANDROID_COMPILER_IS_CLANG)
   add_definitions(-D__TBB_GCC_BUILTIN_ATOMICS_PRESENT=1)
   ocv_warnings_disable(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS -Wmissing-prototypes)
@@ -155,13 +142,8 @@ else()
   set(TBB_SOURCE_FILES ${lib_srcs} ${lib_hdrs} "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${tbb_version_file}")
 endif()
 
-if (BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-  add_library(tbb SHARED ${TBB_SOURCE_FILES})
-  target_link_libraries(tbb c m dl)
-else()
-  add_library(tbb STATIC ${TBB_SOURCE_FILES})
-  target_link_libraries(tbb c m dl)
-endif()
+add_library(tbb ${TBB_SOURCE_FILES})
+target_link_libraries(tbb c m dl)
 
 ocv_warnings_disable(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS -Wundef -Wmissing-declarations)
 string(REPLACE "-Werror=non-virtual-dtor" "" CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")
diff --git a/platforms/linux/arm-gnueabi-hardfp.toolchain.cmake b/platforms/linux/arm-gnueabi-hardfp.toolchain.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d1af22234c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platforms/linux/arm-gnueabi-hardfp.toolchain.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+set(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME Linux)
+set(CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION 1)
+set(CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR arm)
+
+set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER    arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc-4.6)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER  arm-linux-gnueabihf-g++-4.6)
+
+#suppress compiller varning
+set( CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wno-psabi" )
+set( CMAKE_C_FLAGS   "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS}   -Wno-psabi" )
+
+# can be any other plases
+set(ARM_LINUX_SYSROOT /usr/arm-linux-gnueabihf CACHE PATH "ARM cross compilation system root")
+
+set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH ${CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH} ${ARM_LINUX_SYSROOT})
+
+set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_INCLUDE ONLY)
+set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_LIBRARY ONLY)
+set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_PROGRAM ONLY)
+
diff --git a/platforms/linux/armlinux.toolchain.cmake b/platforms/linux/arm-gnueabi-softfp.toolchain.cmake
similarity index 75%
rename from platforms/linux/armlinux.toolchain.cmake
rename to platforms/linux/arm-gnueabi-softfp.toolchain.cmake
index c2bcaf72be..597f1ec432 100644
--- a/platforms/linux/armlinux.toolchain.cmake
+++ b/platforms/linux/arm-gnueabi-softfp.toolchain.cmake
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ set( CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wno-psabi" )
 set( CMAKE_C_FLAGS   "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS}   -Wno-psabi" )
 
 # can be any other plases
-set(__arm_linux_eabi_root /usr/arm-linux-gnueabi)
+set(ARM_LINUX_SYSROOT /usr/arm-linux-gnueabi CACHE PATH "ARM cross compilation system root")
 
-set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH ${CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH} ${__arm_linux_eabi_root})
+set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH ${CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH} ${ARM_LINUX_SYSROOT})
 
 set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_INCLUDE ONLY)
 set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_LIBRARY ONLY)
diff --git a/platforms/linux/scripts/cmake_linux.sh b/platforms/linux/scripts/cmake_arm_gnueabi_hardfp.sh
similarity index 51%
rename from platforms/linux/scripts/cmake_linux.sh
rename to platforms/linux/scripts/cmake_arm_gnueabi_hardfp.sh
index c2a8a18b57..9d2732852b 100755
--- a/platforms/linux/scripts/cmake_linux.sh
+++ b/platforms/linux/scripts/cmake_arm_gnueabi_hardfp.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 cd `dirname $0`/..
 
-mkdir -p build
-cd build
+mkdir -p build_hardfp
+cd build_hardfp
 
-cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_WITH_INSTALL_RPATH=ON -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=../armlinux.toolchain.cmake $@ ../../..
+cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_WITH_INSTALL_RPATH=ON -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=../arm-gnueabi-hardfp.toolchain.cmake $@ ../../..
 
diff --git a/platforms/linux/scripts/cmake_arm_gnueabi_softfp.sh b/platforms/linux/scripts/cmake_arm_gnueabi_softfp.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..52ff6d22cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platforms/linux/scripts/cmake_arm_gnueabi_softfp.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+cd `dirname $0`/..
+
+mkdir -p build_softfp
+cd build_softfp
+
+cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_WITH_INSTALL_RPATH=ON -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=../arm-gnueabi-softfp.toolchain.cmake $@ ../../..
+