diff --git a/src/lxc/confile.c b/src/lxc/confile.c
index f5e639d5f..fac919def 100644
--- a/src/lxc/confile.c
+++ b/src/lxc/confile.c
@@ -2081,11 +2081,24 @@ signed long lxc_config_parse_arch(const char *arch)
 		{ "athlon", PER_LINUX32 },
 		{ "mips", PER_LINUX32 },
 		{ "mipsel", PER_LINUX32 },
+		{ "ppc", PER_LINUX32 },
+		{ "arm", PER_LINUX32 },
+		{ "armv7l", PER_LINUX32 },
+		{ "armhf", PER_LINUX32 },
+		{ "armel", PER_LINUX32 },
+		{ "powerpc", PER_LINUX32 },
 		{ "linux64", PER_LINUX },
 		{ "x86_64", PER_LINUX },
 		{ "amd64", PER_LINUX },
 		{ "mips64", PER_LINUX },
 		{ "mips64el", PER_LINUX },
+		{ "ppc64", PER_LINUX },
+		{ "ppc64le", PER_LINUX },
+		{ "ppc64el", PER_LINUX },
+		{ "powerpc64", PER_LINUX },
+		{ "s390x", PER_LINUX },
+		{ "aarch64", PER_LINUX },
+		{ "arm64", PER_LINUX },
 	};
 	size_t len = sizeof(pername) / sizeof(pername[0]);