diff --git a/payloads/libpayload/arch/x86/libpayload.ldscript b/payloads/libpayload/arch/x86/libpayload.ldscript
index 49c7e37f55..338840c38f 100644
--- a/payloads/libpayload/arch/x86/libpayload.ldscript
+++ b/payloads/libpayload/arch/x86/libpayload.ldscript
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 #if CONFIG(LP_ARCH_X86_64)
 OUTPUT_FORMAT(elf64-x86-64)
-OUTPUT_ARCH(x86_64)
+OUTPUT_ARCH(i386:x86-64)
 #else
 OUTPUT_FORMAT(elf32-i386)
 OUTPUT_ARCH(i386)