diff --git a/getarch.c b/getarch.c
index 89e736a31a..c05b90410f 100644
--- a/getarch.c
+++ b/getarch.c
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 #define ARCHITECTURE    "ARM"
 #define SUBARCHITECTURE "CORTEXA9"
 #define SUBDIRNAME      "arm"
-#define ARCHCONFIG   "-DCORTEXA9 " \
+#define ARCHCONFIG   "-DCORTEXA9 -DARMV7 " \
        "-DL1_DATA_SIZE=32768 -DL1_DATA_LINESIZE=32 " \
        "-DL2_SIZE=1048576 -DL2_LINESIZE=32 " \
        "-DDTB_DEFAULT_ENTRIES=128 -DDTB_SIZE=4096 -DL2_ASSOCIATIVE=4 " \
@@ -765,7 +765,7 @@ USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 #define ARCHITECTURE    "ARM"
 #define SUBARCHITECTURE "CORTEXA15"
 #define SUBDIRNAME      "arm"
-#define ARCHCONFIG   "-DCORTEXA15 " \
+#define ARCHCONFIG   "-DCORTEXA15 -DARMV7 " \
        "-DL1_DATA_SIZE=32768 -DL1_DATA_LINESIZE=32 " \
        "-DL2_SIZE=1048576 -DL2_LINESIZE=32 " \
        "-DDTB_DEFAULT_ENTRIES=128 -DDTB_SIZE=4096 -DL2_ASSOCIATIVE=4 " \