diff --git a/src/lxc/seccomp.c b/src/lxc/seccomp.c
index 57c95b0c6..0ce758b17 100644
--- a/src/lxc/seccomp.c
+++ b/src/lxc/seccomp.c
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ enum lxc_hostarch_t {
 	lxc_seccomp_arch_all = 0,
 	lxc_seccomp_arch_native,
 	lxc_seccomp_arch_i386,
+	lxc_seccomp_arch_x32,
 	lxc_seccomp_arch_amd64,
 	lxc_seccomp_arch_arm,
 	lxc_seccomp_arch_arm64,
@@ -152,6 +153,7 @@ int get_hostarch(void)
 	}
 	if (strcmp(uts.machine, "i686") == 0)
 		return lxc_seccomp_arch_i386;
+	// no x32 kernels
 	else if (strcmp(uts.machine, "x86_64") == 0)
 		return lxc_seccomp_arch_amd64;
 	else if (strncmp(uts.machine, "armv7", 5) == 0)
@@ -181,6 +183,7 @@ scmp_filter_ctx get_new_ctx(enum lxc_hostarch_t n_arch, uint32_t default_policy_
 
 	switch(n_arch) {
 	case lxc_seccomp_arch_i386: arch = SCMP_ARCH_X86; break;
+	case lxc_seccomp_arch_x32: arch = SCMP_ARCH_X32; break;
 	case lxc_seccomp_arch_amd64: arch = SCMP_ARCH_X86_64; break;
 	case lxc_seccomp_arch_arm: arch = SCMP_ARCH_ARM; break;
 #ifdef SCMP_ARCH_AARCH64
@@ -336,7 +339,10 @@ static int parse_config_v2(FILE *f, char *line, struct lxc_conf *conf)
 		compat_arch[0] = SCMP_ARCH_X86;
 		compat_ctx[0] = get_new_ctx(lxc_seccomp_arch_i386,
 				default_policy_action);
-		if (!compat_ctx[0])
+		compat_arch[1] = SCMP_ARCH_X32;
+		compat_ctx[1] = get_new_ctx(lxc_seccomp_arch_x32,
+				default_policy_action);
+		if (!compat_ctx[0] || !compat_ctx[1])
 			goto bad;
 #ifdef SCMP_ARCH_PPC
 	} else if (native_arch == lxc_seccomp_arch_ppc64) {
@@ -410,6 +416,13 @@ static int parse_config_v2(FILE *f, char *line, struct lxc_conf *conf)
 					continue;
 				}
 				cur_rule_arch = lxc_seccomp_arch_i386;
+			} else if (strcmp(line, "[x32]") == 0 ||
+				   strcmp(line, "[X32]") == 0) {
+				if (native_arch != lxc_seccomp_arch_amd64) {
+					cur_rule_arch = lxc_seccomp_arch_unknown;
+					continue;
+				}
+				cur_rule_arch = lxc_seccomp_arch_x32;
 			} else if (strcmp(line, "[X86_64]") == 0 ||
 				   strcmp(line, "[x86_64]") == 0) {
 				if (native_arch != lxc_seccomp_arch_amd64) {