diff --git a/tensorflow/contrib/makefile/Makefile b/tensorflow/contrib/makefile/Makefile
index d962a5e12d..c6cbbb66d8 100644
--- a/tensorflow/contrib/makefile/Makefile
+++ b/tensorflow/contrib/makefile/Makefile
@@ -750,10 +750,21 @@ all: $(LIB_PATH) $(BENCHMARK_NAME)
 tensorflow/core/util/version_info.cc: .phony_version_info
 	tensorflow/tools/git/gen_git_source.sh $@
 
+# The list of objects is too long to pass via command line,
+# so need to pass them to 'ar' with 'xargs' via a file.
+# See https://github.com/ctuning/ck-tensorflow/issues/113
+LIB_OBJS_FILE=/tmp/lib_objs
+
 # Gathers together all the objects we've compiled into a single '.a' archive.
 $(LIB_PATH): $(LIB_OBJS)
 	@mkdir -p $(dir $@)
-	$(AR) $(ARFLAGS) $(LIB_PATH) $(LIB_OBJS)
+	# Write the list of objects to a file to be passed to 'ar'.
+	# NB: The file function only works with Make v4 (in /usr/bin/),
+	# not with Make v3 (in NDK paths).
+	$(file >$(LIB_OBJS_FILE), $(LIB_OBJS))
+	# NB: Some files in different folders have the same name,
+	# so archiving with the full path option (P).
+	xargs $(AR) $(ARFLAGS)P $(LIB_PATH) < $(LIB_OBJS_FILE)
 
 $(BENCHMARK_NAME): $(BENCHMARK_OBJS) $(LIB_PATH) $(CUDA_LIB_DEPS)
 	@mkdir -p $(dir $@)