diff --git a/libgloss/arm/crt0.S b/libgloss/arm/crt0.S
index 48f3d6b1d..c708f63d8 100644
--- a/libgloss/arm/crt0.S
+++ b/libgloss/arm/crt0.S
@@ -116,10 +116,10 @@
 	bkpt	AngelSWI
 #elif defined(__thumb2__)
 	/*  We are in thumb mode for startup on armv7 architectures. */
-	AngelSWIAsm	AngelSWI
+	AngelSWIAsm (AngelSWI)
 #else
 	/*  We are always in ARM mode for startup on pre armv7 archs. */
-	AngelSWIAsm	AngelSWI_ARM
+	AngelSWIAsm (AngelSWI_ARM)
 #endif
 	ldr	r0, .LC0	/*  point at values read */
 
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ __change_mode:
 #else
 	movs	r0, #AngelSWI_Reason_GetCmdLine
 	ldr	r1, .LC30	/*  Space for command line */
-	AngelSWIAsm	AngelSWI
+	AngelSWIAsm (AngelSWI)
 	ldr	r1, .LC30
 	ldr	r1, [r1]
 #endif
diff --git a/libgloss/arm/swi.h b/libgloss/arm/swi.h
index 67eb36b3f..8f50ee7d9 100644
--- a/libgloss/arm/swi.h
+++ b/libgloss/arm/swi.h
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@
 
 /* Now the SWI numbers and reason codes for RDI (Angel) monitors.  */
 #if defined (SEMIHOST_V2) && defined (SEMIHOST_V2_MIXED_MODE)
-  #define AngelSWI_ARM			0xF000 /* HLT A32.  */
+  #define AngelSWI_ARM			0xE10F0070 /* HLT #0xF000 A32.  */
   #ifdef __thumb__
-    #define AngelSWI			0x3C /* HLT T32.  */
+    #define AngelSWI			0xBABC /* HLT #0x3c T32.  */
   #else /* __thumb__.  */
     #define AngelSWI			AngelSWI_ARM
   #endif /* __thumb__.  */
@@ -49,10 +49,16 @@
 /* For thumb only architectures use the BKPT instruction instead of SWI.  */
 #ifdef THUMB_VXM
   #define AngelSWIInsn			"bkpt"
-  #define AngelSWIAsm			bkpt
+  #define AngelSWIAsm(IMM)		bkpt IMM
+#elif defined (SEMIHOST_V2) && defined (SEMIHOST_V2_MIXED_MODE)
+  /* This is actually encoding the HLT instruction, however we don't have
+     support for this in older assemblers.  So we have to encode the
+     instruction manually.  */
+  #define AngelSWIInsn			".inst"
+  #define AngelSWIAsm(IMM)		.inst IMM
 #else
   #define AngelSWIInsn			"swi"
-  #define AngelSWIAsm			swi
+  #define AngelSWIAsm(IMM)		swi IMM
 #endif
 
 /* The reason codes:  */