diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 8dcb9965b2..4478f3889a 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -6384,7 +6384,7 @@ if test "$skip_meson" = no; then
         i386)
             echo "cpu_family = 'x86'" >> $cross
             ;;
-        x86_64)
+        x86_64|x32)
             echo "cpu_family = 'x86_64'" >> $cross
             ;;
         ppc64le)