--- CMakeLists.txt 2017-09-22 19:22:04.735657685 +0200 +++ CMakeLists.txt 2017-09-22 19:20:08.164169125 +0200 @@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ include(TestCXXAcceptsFlag) set(ARCH native CACHE STRING "CPU to build for: -march value or 'default' to not pass -march at all") message(STATUS "Building on ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR} for ${ARCH}") + if(ARCH STREQUAL "default" OR CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING) - if(ARCH STREQUAL "default") set(ARCH_FLAG "") elseif(PPC64LE) set(ARCH_FLAG "-mcpu=${ARCH}")