1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 540f7b240c77..9a07340b28a1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -165,7 +165,8 @@ export srctree objtree VPATH
 # then ARCH is assigned, getting whatever value it gets normally, and 
 # SUBARCH is subsequently ignored.
 
-SUBARCH := $(shell uname -m | sed -e s/i.86/i386/ -e s/sun4u/sparc64/ \
+SUBARCH := $(shell uname -m | sed -e s/i.86/x86/ -e s/x86_64/x86/ \
+				  -e s/sun4u/sparc64/ \
 				  -e s/arm.*/arm/ -e s/sa110/arm/ \
 				  -e s/s390x/s390/ -e s/parisc64/parisc/ \
 				  -e s/ppc.*/powerpc/ -e s/mips.*/mips/ \