diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 8d52a1eb28c541..ab2383c8141b15 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ parser = optparse.OptionParser()
 
 valid_os = ('win', 'mac', 'solaris', 'freebsd', 'openbsd', 'linux', 'android')
 valid_arch = ('arm', 'arm64', 'ia32', 'mips', 'mipsel', 'ppc', 'ppc64', 'x32',
-              'x64')
+              'x64', 'x86')
 valid_arm_float_abi = ('soft', 'softfp', 'hard')
 valid_mips_arch = ('loongson', 'r1', 'r2', 'r6', 'rx')
 valid_mips_fpu = ('fp32', 'fp64', 'fpxx')