return -1;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Return architecture name in a normalized form.
+ * The conversion logic comes from the Makefile.
+ */
+static const char *normalize_arch(char *arch)
+{
+       if (!strcmp(arch, "x86_64"))
+               return "x86";
+       if (arch[0] == 'i' && arch[2] == '8' && arch[3] == '6')
+               return "x86";
+       if (!strcmp(arch, "sun4u") || !strncmp(arch, "sparc", 5))
+               return "sparc";
+       if (!strncmp(arch, "arm", 3) || !strcmp(arch, "sa110"))
+               return "arm";
+       if (!strncmp(arch, "s390", 4))
+               return "s390";
+       if (!strncmp(arch, "parisc", 6))
+               return "parisc";
+       if (!strncmp(arch, "powerpc", 7) || !strncmp(arch, "ppc", 3))
+               return "powerpc";
+       if (!strncmp(arch, "mips", 4))
+               return "mips";
+       if (!strncmp(arch, "sh", 2) && isdigit(arch[2]))
+               return "sh";
+
+       return arch;
+}
+
 static int perf_session_env__lookup_binutils_path(struct perf_session_env *env,
                                                  const char *name,
                                                  const char **path)
 {
        int idx;
-       char *arch, *cross_env;
+       const char *arch, *cross_env;
        struct utsname uts;
        const char *const *path_list;
        char *buf = NULL;
 
+       arch = normalize_arch(env->arch);
+
        if (uname(&uts) < 0)
                goto out;
 
         * We don't need to try to find objdump path for native system.
         * Just use default binutils path (e.g.: "objdump").
         */
-       if (!strcmp(uts.machine, env->arch))
+       if (!strcmp(normalize_arch(uts.machine), arch))
                goto out;
 
        cross_env = getenv("CROSS_COMPILE");
                free(buf);
        }
 
-       arch = env->arch;
-
        if (!strcmp(arch, "arm"))
                path_list = arm_triplets;
        else if (!strcmp(arch, "powerpc"))
                path_list = s390_triplets;
        else if (!strcmp(arch, "sparc"))
                path_list = sparc_triplets;
-       else if (!strcmp(arch, "x86") || !strcmp(arch, "i386") ||
-                !strcmp(arch, "i486") || !strcmp(arch, "i586") ||
-                !strcmp(arch, "i686"))
+       else if (!strcmp(arch, "x86"))
                path_list = x86_triplets;
        else if (!strcmp(arch, "mips"))
                path_list = mips_triplets;