diff --git a/sys/conf/kern.post.mk b/sys/conf/kern.post.mk
index 4fcae712e9741c..d08dfe30d7de89 100644
--- a/sys/conf/kern.post.mk
+++ b/sys/conf/kern.post.mk
@@ -360,6 +360,9 @@ _ILINKS+= ${MACHINE_CPUARCH}
 .if ${MACHINE_CPUARCH} == "i386" || ${MACHINE_CPUARCH} == "amd64"
 _ILINKS+= x86
 .endif
+.if ${MACHINE_CPUARCH} == "amd64"
+_ILINKS+= i386
+.endif
 
 # Ensure that the link exists without depending on it when it exists.
 # Ensure that debug info references the path in the source tree.
diff --git a/sys/conf/kmod.mk b/sys/conf/kmod.mk
index 63041480eca9e9..b67c84faea0757 100644
--- a/sys/conf/kmod.mk
+++ b/sys/conf/kmod.mk
@@ -283,6 +283,9 @@ _ILINKS=machine
 .if ${MACHINE_CPUARCH} == "i386" || ${MACHINE_CPUARCH} == "amd64"
 _ILINKS+=x86
 .endif
+.if ${MACHINE_CPUARCH} == "amd64"
+_ILINKS+=i386
+.endif
 CLEANFILES+=${_ILINKS}
 
 all: ${PROG}