diff --git a/src/main/java/com/kenai/jffi/Platform.java b/src/main/java/com/kenai/jffi/Platform.java
index 84473695..8b298d0f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/kenai/jffi/Platform.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/kenai/jffi/Platform.java
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ private static CPU determineCPU() {
             } else if (Util.equalsIgnoreCase("s390", archString, LOCALE) || Util.equalsIgnoreCase("s390x", archString, LOCALE)) {
                 return CPU.S390X;
                 
-            } else if (Util.equalsIgnoreCase("arm", archString, LOCALE)) {
+            } else if (Util.equalsIgnoreCase("arm", archString, LOCALE) || Util.equalsIgnoreCase("armv7l", archString, LOCALE)) {
                 return CPU.ARM;
                 
             } else if (Util.equalsIgnoreCase("aarch64", archString, LOCALE)) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/kenai/jffi/internal/StubLoader.java b/src/main/java/com/kenai/jffi/internal/StubLoader.java
index 71dbdfc3..26e11da5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/kenai/jffi/internal/StubLoader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/kenai/jffi/internal/StubLoader.java
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ private static CPU determineCPU() {
             return CPU.PPC64LE;
         } else if (equalsIgnoreCase("s390", archString, LOCALE) || equalsIgnoreCase("s390x", archString, LOCALE)) {
             return CPU.S390X;
-        } else if (Util.equalsIgnoreCase("arm", archString, LOCALE)) {
+        } else if (Util.equalsIgnoreCase("arm", archString, LOCALE) || Util.equalsIgnoreCase("armv7l", archString, LOCALE)) {
             return CPU.ARM;
         } else if (Util.equalsIgnoreCase("aarch64", archString, LOCALE)) {
             return CPU.AARCH64;