diff --git a/wmpower/configure.in b/wmpower/configure.in
index 7b0c6ea..a23cb86 100644
--- a/wmpower/configure.in
+++ b/wmpower/configure.in
@@ -64,6 +64,12 @@ AC_PROG_RANLIB
 				if test "`echo $PROCESSOR | grep \"UltraSparc\"`" != ""; then
 					CPUFLAGS="-mcpu=ultrasparc"
 				fi
+			else
+				#Alas, we can set only generic arch optimizations
+				PROCESSOR=`uname -m | grep 86`
+				if test "$PROCESSOR" != ""; then
+					CPUFLAGS="-march=$PROCESSOR"
+				fi
 			fi
 			if test "$CPUFLAGS" != ""; then
 				echo "Applying architecture optimizations: "$CPUFLAGS