diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/cmake.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/cmake.bbclass
index 4f59966521..a1eec6b142 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/cmake.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/cmake.bbclass
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ def map_host_os_to_system_name(host_os):
         return 'Windows'
     if host_os.startswith('linux'):
         return 'Linux'
+    if host_os == 'eabi':
+        return 'Generic'
     return host_os

 # CMake expects target architectures in the format of uname(2),