--- configure.ac
+++ configure.ac
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
 
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST
 case $host in
-  x86_64*linux*)
+  x86_64*linux*|*i[[3456789]]86*)
     if test "x$enable_win64" != "xyes"
     then
       test -n "$CC" || CC="gcc -m32"