diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 7806a216db22f82c4b69d9d0b0398791608dd865..94cf3687d9dad671321222f383f85fbb57c10b3e 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1897,7 +1897,7 @@ case "$arch" in
     mips|mipsel|IP*)
         arch="mips"
     ;;
-    mips64)
+    mips64*)
         arch="mips"
         subarch="mips64"
     ;;
@@ -1911,7 +1911,7 @@ case "$arch" in
     "Power Macintosh"|ppc|powerpc)
         arch="ppc"
     ;;
-    ppc64)
+    ppc64|powerpc64)
         arch="ppc"
         subarch="ppc64"
     ;;