diff --git a/src/modules/app_sqlang/Makefile b/src/modules/app_sqlang/Makefile
index 481d13ec568..b93ae18188a 100644
--- a/src/modules/app_sqlang/Makefile
+++ b/src/modules/app_sqlang/Makefile
@@ -10,12 +10,19 @@ NAME=app_sqlang.so
 DEFS+=-DKAMAILIO_MOD_INTERFACE -I./squirrel/include
 LIBS += -L. -lsquirrel -lsqstdlib -lstdc++
 
+MKSQLANG=
+
+SQLANGARCHBSZ= $(shell echo $(ARCH) | sed -e 's/.*64.*/64b/')
+ifeq ($(SQLANGARCHBSZ),64b)
+	MKSQLANG=sq64
+endif
+
 include ../../Makefile.modules
 
 libsquirrel.a:
-	make -C ./squirrel/squirrel
+	make -C ./squirrel/squirrel $(MKSQLANG)
 
 libsqstdlib.a:
-	make -C ./squirrel/sqstdlib
+	make -C ./squirrel/sqstdlib $(MKSQLANG)
 
 app_sqlang.so: libsquirrel.a libsqstdlib.a