diff --git a/system/tkdvd/tkdvd.SlackBuild b/system/tkdvd/tkdvd.SlackBuild
index 5a50f061d1..c2e47fdbbf 100644
--- a/system/tkdvd/tkdvd.SlackBuild
+++ b/system/tkdvd/tkdvd.SlackBuild
@@ -6,10 +6,19 @@
 
 PRGNAM=tkdvd
 VERSION=${VERSION:-4.0.9}
-ARCH=${ARCH:-i486}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${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