diff --git a/games/z26/z26.SlackBuild b/games/z26/z26.SlackBuild
index 71af23e871..1accffc3c5 100644
--- a/games/z26/z26.SlackBuild
+++ b/games/z26/z26.SlackBuild
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 
 PRGNAM=z26
 VERSION=${VERSION:-2.13}
-ARCH=${ARCH:-i486}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -20,6 +19,16 @@ TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 SNAPVER=${SNAPVER:-${PRGNAM}_snapshot-20040523}
 TARBALL=${TARBALL:-${PRGNAM}v213.tar.gz}
 
+# 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