diff --git a/src/binaryToObject/elf.cpp b/src/binaryToObject/elf.cpp
index 81d90616eb..8a6c2417d1 100644
--- a/src/binaryToObject/elf.cpp
+++ b/src/binaryToObject/elf.cpp
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 
 #define EM_386 3
 #define EM_X86_64 62
+#define EM_ARM 40
 
 #define SHT_PROGBITS 1
 #define SHT_SYMTAB 2
@@ -352,6 +353,8 @@ MAKE_NAME(writeElf, BITS_PER_WORD, Object)
     machine = EM_X86_64;
   } else if (strcmp(architecture, "i386") == 0) {
     machine = EM_386;
+  } else if (strcmp(architecture, "arm") == 0) {
+    machine = EM_ARM;
   } else {
     fprintf(stderr, "unsupported architecture: %s\n", architecture);
     return false;
diff --git a/src/binaryToObject/main.cpp b/src/binaryToObject/main.cpp
index 0200dd4123..a6fcbd6cce 100644
--- a/src/binaryToObject/main.cpp
+++ b/src/binaryToObject/main.cpp
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ writeObject(uint8_t* data, unsigned size, FILE* out, const char* startName,
       success = writeElf64Object
         (data, size, out, startName, endName, architecture, alignment,
          writable, executable);
-    } else if (strcmp("i386", architecture) == 0) {
+    } else if (strcmp("i386", architecture) == 0 ||
+               strcmp("arm", architecture) == 0) {
       found = true;
       success = writeElf32Object
         (data, size, out, startName, endName, architecture, alignment,