diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/qemux86.conf b/meta/conf/machine/qemux86.conf
index dddd552fa7..71740e8f9d 100644
--- a/meta/conf/machine/qemux86.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/machine/qemux86.conf
@@ -19,3 +19,5 @@ GLIBC_ADDONS = "nptl"
 GLIBC_EXTRA_OECONF = "--with-tls"
 
 MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RDEPENDS = "v86d"
+
+TARGET_CC_ARCH = "-march=i586"