1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index c3fbbbeb03..62925d895d 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -244,9 +244,9 @@ Darwin)
 bsd="yes"
 darwin="yes"
 # on Leopard most of the system is 32-bit, so we have to ask the kernel it if we can run 64-bit userspace code
-is_x86_64=`sysctl -n hw.optional.x86_64`
-if [ "$is_x86_64" = "1" ]; then
-    cpu=x86_64
+if [ "$cpu" = "i386" ] ; then
+    is_x86_64=`sysctl -n hw.optional.x86_64`
+    [ "$is_x86_64" = "1" ] && cpu=x86_64
 fi
 if [ "$cpu" = "x86_64" ] ; then
     OS_CFLAGS="-arch x86_64"