diff --git a/etc/cron.hourly/60-autodist-update b/etc/cron.hourly/60-autodist-update
index ae3b914..5380525 100755
--- a/etc/cron.hourly/60-autodist-update
+++ b/etc/cron.hourly/60-autodist-update
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ ME=`basename $0`
 
 PIDFILE=/var/run/autodist/autodist.pid
 HOUR=`date +%H`
+[ "`uname -m`" = "x86_64" ] && HOST_IS_X86_64=1
 
 function pid_check() {