diff --git a/compiler/installer.ini b/compiler/installer.ini
index 1ca615153a..f92d4a3eb5 100644
--- a/compiler/installer.ini
+++ b/compiler/installer.ini
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Name: "Nim"
 Version: "$version"
 Platforms: """
   windows: i386;amd64
-  linux: i386;amd64;powerpc64;arm;sparc;mips;mipsel;powerpc
+  linux: i386;amd64;powerpc64;arm;sparc;mips;mipsel;powerpc;powerpc64el;arm64;mipsel
   macosx: i386;amd64;powerpc64
   solaris: i386;amd64;sparc
   freebsd: i386;amd64
diff --git a/compiler/platform.nim b/compiler/platform.nim
index f52017af72..c4e7d453a1 100644
--- a/compiler/platform.nim
+++ b/compiler/platform.nim
@@ -158,8 +158,8 @@ type
   TSystemCPU* = enum # Also add CPU for in initialization section and
                      # alias conditionals to condsyms (end of module).
     cpuNone, cpuI386, cpuM68k, cpuAlpha, cpuPowerpc, cpuPowerpc64,
-    cpuSparc, cpuVm, cpuIa64, cpuAmd64, cpuMips, cpuMipsel, cpuArm,
-    cpuJS, cpuNimrodVM, cpuAVR
+    cpuPowerpc64el, cpuSparc, cpuVm, cpuIa64, cpuAmd64, cpuMips, cpuMipsel,
+    cpuArm, cpuArm64, cpuJS, cpuNimrodVM, cpuAVR
 
 type
   TEndian* = enum
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ const
     (name: "alpha", intSize: 64, endian: littleEndian, floatSize: 64, bit: 64),
     (name: "powerpc", intSize: 32, endian: bigEndian, floatSize: 64, bit: 32),
     (name: "powerpc64", intSize: 64, endian: bigEndian, floatSize: 64,bit: 64),
+    (name: "powerpc64el", intSize: 64, endian: littleEndian, floatSize: 64,bit: 64),
     (name: "sparc", intSize: 32, endian: bigEndian, floatSize: 64, bit: 32),
     (name: "vm", intSize: 32, endian: littleEndian, floatSize: 64, bit: 32),
     (name: "ia64", intSize: 64, endian: littleEndian, floatSize: 64, bit: 64),
@@ -182,6 +183,7 @@ const
     (name: "mips", intSize: 32, endian: bigEndian, floatSize: 64, bit: 32),
     (name: "mipsel", intSize: 32, endian: littleEndian, floatSize: 64, bit: 32),
     (name: "arm", intSize: 32, endian: littleEndian, floatSize: 64, bit: 32),
+    (name: "arm64", intSize: 64, endian: littleEndian, floatSize: 64, bit: 64),
     (name: "js", intSize: 32, endian: bigEndian,floatSize: 64,bit: 32),
     (name: "nimrodvm", intSize: 32, endian: bigEndian, floatSize: 64, bit: 32),
     (name: "avr", intSize: 16, endian: littleEndian, floatSize: 32, bit: 16)]
diff --git a/lib/system.nim b/lib/system.nim
index 56b62d111d..260d7fbcd2 100644
--- a/lib/system.nim
+++ b/lib/system.nim
@@ -1150,8 +1150,8 @@ const
 
   hostCPU* {.magic: "HostCPU".}: string = ""
     ## a string that describes the host CPU. Possible values:
-    ## "i386", "alpha", "powerpc", "powerpc64", "sparc", "amd64", "mips",
-    ## "mipsel", "arm".
+    ## "i386", "alpha", "powerpc", "powerpc64", "powerpc64el", "sparc",
+    ## "amd64", "mips", "mipsel", "arm", "arm64".
 
   seqShallowFlag = low(int)
 
diff --git a/lib/system/platforms.nim b/lib/system/platforms.nim
index 0472181f5f..0a7045fae0 100644
--- a/lib/system/platforms.nim
+++ b/lib/system/platforms.nim
@@ -18,12 +18,14 @@ type
     alpha,                     ## Alpha processor
     powerpc,                   ## 32 bit PowerPC
     powerpc64,                 ## 64 bit PowerPC
+    powerpc64el,               ## Little Endian 64 bit PowerPC
     sparc,                     ## Sparc based processor
     ia64,                      ## Intel Itanium
     amd64,                     ## x86_64 (AMD64); 64 bit x86 compatible CPU
     mips,                      ## Mips based processor
     mipsel,                    ## Little Endian Mips based processor
     arm,                       ## ARM based processor
+    arm64,                     ## ARM64 based processor
     vm,                        ## Some Virtual machine: Nim's VM or JavaScript
     avr                        ## AVR based processor
 
@@ -64,12 +66,14 @@ const
                elif defined(alpha): CpuPlatform.alpha
                elif defined(powerpc): CpuPlatform.powerpc
                elif defined(powerpc64): CpuPlatform.powerpc64
+               elif defined(powerpc64el): CpuPlatform.powerpc64el
                elif defined(sparc): CpuPlatform.sparc
                elif defined(ia64): CpuPlatform.ia64
                elif defined(amd64): CpuPlatform.amd64
                elif defined(mips): CpuPlatform.mips
                elif defined(mipsel): CpuPlatform.mipsel
                elif defined(arm): CpuPlatform.arm
+               elif defined(arm64): CpuPlatform.arm64
                elif defined(vm): CpuPlatform.vm
                elif defined(avr): CpuPlatform.avr
                else: CpuPlatform.none