diff --git a/support/scripts/check-bin-arch b/support/scripts/check-bin-arch
index b3e2024617..e1c99e6e7a 100755
--- a/support/scripts/check-bin-arch
+++ b/support/scripts/check-bin-arch
@@ -29,6 +29,13 @@ while read f; do
 		continue
 	fi
 
+	# Skip files in /usr/share, several packages (qemu,
+	# pru-software-support) legitimately install ELF binaries that
+	# are not for the target architecture
+	if [[ "${f}" =~ ^\./usr/share/.* ]]; then
+		continue
+	fi
+
 	# Get architecture using readelf. We pipe through 'head -1' so
 	# that when the file is a static library (.a), we only take
 	# into account the architecture of the first object file.