diff --git a/package/kvm-unit-tests/kvm-unit-tests.mk b/package/kvm-unit-tests/kvm-unit-tests.mk
index 6e1c2dfcfb..0ddb017802 100644
--- a/package/kvm-unit-tests/kvm-unit-tests.mk
+++ b/package/kvm-unit-tests/kvm-unit-tests.mk
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ endif
 
 KVM_UNIT_TESTS_CONF_OPTS =\
 	--arch="$(KVM_UNIT_TESTS_ARCH)" \
+	--processor="$(call qstrip,$(BR2_GCC_TARGET_CPU))" \
 	--endian="$(KVM_UNIT_TESTS_ENDIAN)"
 
 # For all architectures but x86-64, we use the target