diff --git a/cpuid_arm.c b/cpuid_arm.c
index 6485003f3..fe462c04a 100644
--- a/cpuid_arm.c
+++ b/cpuid_arm.c
@@ -115,6 +115,9 @@ int detect(void)
 	  if (strstr(p, "0xc0f")) {
 	    return CPU_CORTEXA15;
 	  }
+	  if (strstr(p, "0xd07")) {
+	    return CPU_ARMV7;  //ARMV8 on 32-bit
+	  }
 
 	}
 
@@ -158,6 +161,27 @@ int detect(void)
 
 
 	}
+
+  	p = (char *) NULL ;
+  	infile = fopen("/proc/cpuinfo", "r");
+
+	while (fgets(buffer, sizeof(buffer), infile))
+	{
+
+		if ((!strncmp("CPU architecture", buffer, 16)))
+		{
+			p = strchr(buffer, ':') + 2;
+			break;
+      		}
+  	}
+  	fclose(infile);
+  	if(p != NULL) {
+	  if (strstr(p, "8")) {
+	    return CPU_ARMV7;  //ARMV8 on 32-bit
+	  }
+
+	}
+
 #endif
 
 	return CPU_UNKNOWN;