diff --git a/usr/bin/archboot-x86_64-release.sh b/usr/bin/archboot-x86_64-release.sh
index 318271f84..cddb775d4 100755
--- a/usr/bin/archboot-x86_64-release.sh
+++ b/usr/bin/archboot-x86_64-release.sh
@@ -17,8 +17,13 @@ usage () {
 
 ### check for root
 if ! [[ ${UID} -eq 0 ]]; then 
-	echo "ERROR: Please run as root user!"
-	exit 1
+    echo "ERROR: Please run as root user!"
+    exit 1
+fi
+### check for x86_64
+if ! [[ "$(uname -m)" == "x86_64" ]]; then
+    echo "ERROR: Pleae run on x86_64 hardware."
+    exit 1
 fi
 echo "Start release creation in $1 ..."
 mkdir -p $1