diff --git a/classes/kernel-arch.oeclass b/classes/kernel-arch.oeclass
index 361f3a8..51119ff 100644
--- a/classes/kernel-arch.oeclass
+++ b/classes/kernel-arch.oeclass
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 KERNEL_ARCHS = "alpha arm avr32 blackfin cris frv h8300 ia64 m32r \
     m68k m68knommu microblaze mips mn10300 parisc powerpc s390 score sh \
-    sparc um x86 xtensa"
+    sparc um x86 x86_64 xtensa"
 KERNEL_ARCHS[nohash] = "1"
 
 KERNEL_ARCH = "${@map_kernel_arch(d, 'TARGET_ARCH')}"