diff --git a/configure b/configure
index af78958641c..4596844b669 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4924,6 +4924,7 @@ $as_echo "no" >&6; }
 fi
 rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
       fi
+      host_cpu="x86_64"
       TARGETFLAGS="-m64"
 
     fi
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d04780c278f..1fc78735d62 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ case $host in
                           [AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
                            AC_MSG_ERROR([You need gcc >= 4.4 to build Wine as 64-bit.])])
       fi
+      host_cpu="x86_64"
       AC_SUBST(TARGETFLAGS,"-m64")
     fi
     ;;