diff --git a/make/defs.mk b/make/defs.mk
index c9135412..2de4d51f 100644
--- a/make/defs.mk
+++ b/make/defs.mk
@@ -94,12 +94,16 @@ TARGET                ?= Linux
 OS                    ?= $(shell sh $(MOD_SCRIPT_DIR)/get_os.sh)
 
 ifndef ARCH
-ifeq ($(shell uname -m),x86_64)
-ARCH                   = x86_64
-else
-ARCH_32                = i586
-ARCH                   = $(ARCH_32)
-endif
+  ifeq ($(shell uname -m),armv7l)
+    ARCH               = armv7l
+  else
+    ifeq ($(shell uname -m),x86_64)
+      ARCH             = x86_64
+    else
+      ARCH_32          = i586
+      ARCH             = $(ARCH_32)
+    endif
+  endif
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(ARCH),$(ARCH_32))
@@ -108,6 +112,12 @@ PROJECT_CPPFLAGS      += -m32
 PROJECT_LDFLAGS       += -m32
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(ARCH),armv7l)
+PROJECT_CFLAGS        += -fPIC
+PROJECT_CPPFLAGS      += -fPIC
+PROJECT_LDFLAGS       +=
+endif
+
 FULL_NAME              = $(shell id -nu | xargs getent passwd | cut -d: -f5)
 DEVELOPMENT           ?= $(shell echo $(VERSION) | grep -q 'dev' && echo true)
 USE_PROJECT_LIB       ?= true