diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index bb3637911..e5f1186a9 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2010-03-04  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>
+
+	* configure.ac: Alias amd64 to x86_64.
+
 2010-03-04  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>
 
 	* NEWS: mention multiboot on EFI.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ac3f0d196..1f7d6125c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ fi
 
 case "$target_cpu" in
   i[[3456]]86)	target_cpu=i386 ;;
+  amd64)	target_cpu=x86_64 ;;
   sparc)	target_cpu=sparc64 ;;
   mipsel|mips64el)
                 target_cpu=mips;