diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-arch.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-arch.bbclass
index 777f900241..4f88c47ef1 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-arch.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-arch.bbclass
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ def map_uboot_arch(a, d):
     import re
 
     if   re.match('p(pc|owerpc)(|64)', a): return 'ppc'
+    elif re.match('arm(|64)', a): return 'arm'
     elif re.match('i.86$', a): return 'x86'
     return a