1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/Makefile b/arch/x86/Makefile
index e71fc4279aab..5c477260294f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@
 
 # select defconfig based on actual architecture
 ifeq ($(ARCH),x86)
+  ifeq ($(shell uname -m),x86_64)
+        KBUILD_DEFCONFIG := x86_64_defconfig
+  else
         KBUILD_DEFCONFIG := i386_defconfig
+  endif
 else
         KBUILD_DEFCONFIG := $(ARCH)_defconfig
 endif