diff --git a/make-linux.mk b/make-linux.mk
index 324344b34..e35a82375 100644
--- a/make-linux.mk
+++ b/make-linux.mk
@@ -245,6 +245,13 @@ ERR=$(error FATAL: architecture could not be determined from $(CC) -dumpmachine:
 err: ; $(ERR)
 endif
 
+# Flag for Intel 32-bit processors since some machine images are incorrectly marked as i386
+ifeq ($(ZT_IA32),1)
+	override LDFLAGS+=-m32
+	override CFLAGS+=-m32
+	override CXXFLAGS+=-m32
+endif
+
 # Disable software updates by default on Linux since that is normally done with package management
 override DEFS+=-DZT_BUILD_PLATFORM=1 -DZT_BUILD_ARCHITECTURE=$(ZT_ARCHITECTURE) -DZT_SOFTWARE_UPDATE_DEFAULT="\"disable\""