diff --git a/system/pv/pv.SlackBuild b/system/pv/pv.SlackBuild
index 2357d9168b..e9b393df78 100644
--- a/system/pv/pv.SlackBuild
+++ b/system/pv/pv.SlackBuild
@@ -24,10 +24,19 @@
 
 PRGNAM=pv
 VERSION=${VERSION:-1.1.4}
-ARCH=${ARCH:-i486}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-2}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
+# Automatically determine the architecture we're building on:
+if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
+  case "$( uname -m )" in
+    i?86) ARCH=i486 ;;
+    arm*) ARCH=arm ;;
+    # Unless $ARCH is already set, use uname -m for all other archs:
+       *) ARCH=$( uname -m ) ;;
+  esac
+fi
+
 CWD=$(pwd)
 TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/SBo}
 PKG=$TMP/package-$PRGNAM