diff --git a/libfwupdplugin/fu-common.c b/libfwupdplugin/fu-common.c
index 064ce62b8..790cd6b7c 100644
--- a/libfwupdplugin/fu-common.c
+++ b/libfwupdplugin/fu-common.c
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 #include <shlwapi.h>
 #endif
 
+#include <cpuid.h>
+
 #include <archive_entry.h>
 #include <archive.h>
 #include <errno.h>
@@ -2026,3 +2028,31 @@ fu_common_kernel_locked_down (void)
 	return FALSE;
 #endif
 }
+
+/**
+ * fu_common_is_cpu_intel:
+ *
+ * Uses CPUID to discover the CPU vendor and check if it is Intel.
+ *
+ * Return value: %TRUE if the vendor was Intel.
+ *
+ * Since: 1.5.0
+ **/
+gboolean
+fu_common_is_cpu_intel (void)
+{
+	guint eax = 0;
+	guint ebx = 0;
+	guint ecx = 0;
+	guint edx = 0;
+	guint level = 0;
+
+	/* get vendor */
+	__get_cpuid(level, &eax, &ebx, &ecx, &edx);
+	if (ebx == signature_INTEL_ebx &&
+	    edx == signature_INTEL_edx &&
+	    ecx == signature_INTEL_ecx) {
+		return TRUE;
+	}
+	return FALSE;
+}
diff --git a/libfwupdplugin/fu-common.h b/libfwupdplugin/fu-common.h
index ce5ef0c7f..13e0bbf7a 100644
--- a/libfwupdplugin/fu-common.h
+++ b/libfwupdplugin/fu-common.h
@@ -224,3 +224,4 @@ gchar		**fu_common_strnsplit		(const gchar	*str,
 						 const gchar	*delimiter,
 						 gint		 max_tokens);
 gboolean	 fu_common_kernel_locked_down	(void);
+gboolean	 fu_common_is_cpu_intel		(void);
diff --git a/libfwupdplugin/fwupdplugin.map b/libfwupdplugin/fwupdplugin.map
index 5d1db3e44..f99275061 100644
--- a/libfwupdplugin/fwupdplugin.map
+++ b/libfwupdplugin/fwupdplugin.map
@@ -584,6 +584,7 @@ LIBFWUPDPLUGIN_1.4.1 {
 LIBFWUPDPLUGIN_1.5.0 {
   global:
     fu_common_filename_glob;
+    fu_common_is_cpu_intel;
     fu_udev_device_get_parent_name;
     fu_udev_device_get_sysfs_attr;
   local: *;