diff --git a/legacy/evas/configure.ac b/legacy/evas/configure.ac
index 2a2295ac3a..e865dd8422 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/configure.ac
+++ b/legacy/evas/configure.ac
@@ -822,6 +822,9 @@ case $host_cpu in
   x86_64)
     build_cpu_mmx="yes"
     ;;
+  amd64)
+    build_cpu_mmx="yes"
+    ;;
 esac
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(whether to build mmx code)
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(cpu-mmx,
@@ -854,6 +857,9 @@ case $host_cpu in
   x86_64)
     build_cpu_sse="yes"
     ;;
+  amd64)
+    build_cpu_sse="yes"
+    ;;
 esac
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(whether to build sse code)
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(cpu-sse,