diff --git a/src/modules/hostinfo/HostInfoJob.cpp b/src/modules/hostinfo/HostInfoJob.cpp
index c2959fb6b..1d4676f65 100644
--- a/src/modules/hostinfo/HostInfoJob.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/hostinfo/HostInfoJob.cpp
@@ -91,6 +91,17 @@ hostCPUmatch( const QString& s )
     return QString();
 }
 
+static QString
+hostCPUmatchARM( const QString& s )
+{
+    // Both Rock64 and Raspberry pi mention 0x41
+    if ( s.contains( ": 0x41" ) )
+    {
+        return QStringLiteral( "ARM" );
+    }
+    return QString();
+}
+
 #if defined( Q_OS_FREEBSD )
 QString
 hostCPU_FreeBSD()
@@ -127,6 +138,10 @@ hostCPU_Linux()
             {
                 return hostCPUmatch( line );
             }
+            if ( line.startsWith( "CPU implementer" ) )
+            {
+                return hostCPUmatchARM( line );
+            }
         }
     }
     return QString();  // Not open, or not found
diff --git a/src/modules/hostinfo/Tests.cpp b/src/modules/hostinfo/Tests.cpp
index 8241ef022..7ab797ed4 100644
--- a/src/modules/hostinfo/Tests.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/hostinfo/Tests.cpp
@@ -59,7 +59,33 @@ HostInfoTests::testHostOS()
 
     QCOMPARE( expect, hostOS() );
     QCOMPARE( expect, hostOSName() );  // Might be the same
-    QCOMPARE( QStringLiteral( "Intel" ), hostCPU() );  // On all my developer machines
+
+    // This is a lousy test, too: the implementation reads /proc/cpuinfo
+    // and that's the only way we could use, too, to find what the "right"
+    // answer is.
+    QStringList x86cpunames{ QStringLiteral( "Intel" ), QStringLiteral( "AMD" ) };
+    QStringList armcpunames{ QStringLiteral( "ARM" ) };
+    const QString cpu = hostCPU();
+    QVERIFY( x86cpunames.contains( cpu ) || armcpunames.contains( cpu ) );
+
+    // Try to detect family in a different way
+    QFile modalias( "/sys/devices/system/cpu/modalias" );
+    if ( modalias.open( QIODevice::ReadOnly ) )
+    {
+        QString cpumodalias = modalias.readLine();
+        if ( cpumodalias.contains( "type:x86" ) )
+        {
+            QVERIFY( x86cpunames.contains( cpu ) );
+        }
+        else if ( cpumodalias.contains( "type:aarch64" ) )
+        {
+            QVERIFY( armcpunames.contains( cpu ) );
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            QCOMPARE( cpu, QString( "Unknown CPU modalias '%1'" ).arg(cpumodalias) );
+        }
+    }
 }