diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f48ffefa4..c003f695d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2013-11-02  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>
+
+	* configure.ac (TARGET_CFLAGS): Add -march=i386 on i386.
+
 2013-11-02  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>
 
 	* grub-core/fs/hfspluscomp.c (hfsplus_read_compressed_real): Call
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b430135b5..46bb8415f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -494,6 +494,10 @@ if ( test "x$target_cpu" = xi386 || test "x$target_cpu" = xx86_64 ) && test "x$p
   TARGET_CFLAGS="$TARGET_CFLAGS -mno-mmx -mno-sse -mno-sse2 -mno-3dnow"
 fi
 
+if test "x$target_cpu" = xi386 && test "x$platform" != xemu; then
+  TARGET_CFLAGS="$TARGET_CFLAGS -march=i386"
+fi
+
 # By default, GCC 4.4 generates .eh_frame sections containing unwind
 # information in some cases where it previously did not. GRUB doesn't need
 # these and they just use up vital space. Restore the old compiler