diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3da6a4bec..5b1c2604b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ ifeq ($(shell echo $(ARCH) | sed -e 's/arm.*/arm/'),arm)
 	endif
 endif
 
+SRCARCH		?= $(ARCH)
 LDARCH		?= $(SRCARCH)
 
 SRC_DIR		?= $(CURDIR)
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ CRIU-SO		:= libcriu
 CRIU-LIB	:= lib/$(CRIU-SO).so
 CRIU-INC	:= lib/criu.h include/criu-plugin.h include/criu-log.h protobuf/rpc.proto
 
-export CC MAKE CFLAGS LIBS ARCH DEFINES MAKEFLAGS CRIU-SO
+export CC MAKE CFLAGS LIBS SRCARCH DEFINES MAKEFLAGS CRIU-SO
 export SRC_DIR SYSCALL-LIB SH RM ARCH_DIR OBJCOPY LDARCH LD
 export cflags-y
 
diff --git a/pie/Makefile b/pie/Makefile
index dbe6d6bba..3902e6392 100644
--- a/pie/Makefile
+++ b/pie/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ restorer-obj-e		+= $(ARCH_DIR)/vdso-pie.o
 restorer-libs-e		+= $(SYSCALL-LIB)
 
 cflags-y		+= -DCR_NOGLIBC -fpie  -Wa,--noexecstack -fno-stack-protector
-ifeq ($(ARCH), arm)
+ifeq ($(SRCARCH), arm)
 	cflags-y	+= -marm
 endif
 ASMFLAGS		+= -D__ASSEMBLY__
diff --git a/protobuf/Makefile b/protobuf/Makefile
index a1a3fe89b..317b34143 100644
--- a/protobuf/Makefile
+++ b/protobuf/Makefile
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ $(obj)/%.proto.c.d: $(obj)/%.proto | $(obj)/%.proto.d
 $(obj)/%.pb-c.c $(obj)/%.pb-c.h: $(obj)/%.proto $(obj)/%.proto.c.d
 	$(E) "  PBCC    " $@
 	$(Q) protoc-c --proto_path=$(obj)/ --c_out=$(obj)/ $<
-ifeq ($(ARCH),arm)
+ifeq ($(SRCARCH),arm)
 	$(Q) sed -i -e 's/4294967295/0xFFFFFFFF/g' $@
 	$(Q) sed -i -e 's/4294967295/0xFFFFFFFF/g' $(patsubst %.c,%.h,$@)
 	$(Q) sed -i -e 's/4294967295/0xFFFFFFFF/g' $(patsubst %.h,%.c,$@)