diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/dmidecode/dmidecode_3.7.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/dmidecode/dmidecode_3.7.bb
index 93c3678d9a..5c70765051 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/dmidecode/dmidecode_3.7.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/dmidecode/dmidecode_3.7.bb
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=b234ee4d69f5fce4486a80fdaf4a4263"
 SRC_URI = "${SAVANNAH_NONGNU_MIRROR}/dmidecode/${BP}.tar.xz"
 
 COMPATIBLE_HOST = "(i.86|x86_64|aarch64|arm|powerpc|powerpc64).*-linux"
+EXTRA_OEMAKE += "MACHINE=${TARGET_ARCH}"
 
 do_install() {
     oe_runmake \