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