diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fda9b96f..d9f8a460 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 COMPILE_PLATFORM=$(shell uname|sed -e s/_.*//|tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]'|sed -e 's/\//_/g')
 
-COMPILE_ARCH=$(shell uname -m | sed -e s/i.86/x86/)
+COMPILE_ARCH=$(shell uname -m | sed -e s/i.86/x86/ | sed -e 's/^arm.*/arm/')
 
 ifeq ($(COMPILE_PLATFORM),sunos)
   # Solaris uname and GNU uname differ