diff --git a/scripts/recordmcount.pl b/scripts/recordmcount.pl
index 44b4b23e91b2..e4922a6c963b 100755
--- a/scripts/recordmcount.pl
+++ b/scripts/recordmcount.pl
@@ -108,6 +108,20 @@ if ($#ARGV < 6) {
 
 my ($arch, $objdump, $objcopy, $cc, $ld, $nm, $rm, $mv, $inputfile) = @ARGV;
 
+if ($arch eq "i386") {
+  $ld = "ld -m elf_i386";
+  $objdump = "objdump -M i386";
+  $objcopy = "objcopy -O elf32-i386";
+  $cc = "gcc -m32";
+}
+
+if ($arch eq "x86_64") {
+  $ld = "ld -m elf_x86_64";
+  $objdump = "objdump -M x86-64";
+  $objcopy = "objcopy -O elf64-x86-64";
+  $cc = "gcc -m64";
+}
+
 $objdump = "objdump" if ((length $objdump) == 0);
 $objcopy = "objcopy" if ((length $objcopy) == 0);
 $cc = "gcc" if ((length $cc) == 0);