diff --git a/configure b/configure
index adfdb47c61..a8ea55a6e4 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -964,6 +964,12 @@ int main(void) { return 0; }
 EOF
   if test "$kerneldir" != "" ; then
       kvm_cflags=-I"$kerneldir"/include
+      if test \( "$cpu" = "i386" -o "$cpu" = "x86_64" \) \
+         -a -d "$kerneldir/arch/x86/include" ; then
+            kvm_cflags="$kvm_cflags -I$kerneldir/arch/x86/include"
+        elif test -d "$kerneldir/arch/$cpu/include" ; then
+            kvm_cflags="$kvm_cflags -I$kerneldir/arch/$cpu/include"
+      fi
   else
       kvm_cflags=""
   fi