diff --git a/config.json b/config.json
index 3e4a8fe..521173b 100644
--- a/config.json
+++ b/config.json
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
     "defaults" : {
         "NEEDREPOS" : ["poky"],
         "DISTRO" : "poky",
+        "MACHINE" : "qemux86-64",
         "SDKMACHINE" : "i686",
         "PACKAGE_CLASSES" : "package_rpm package_deb package_ipk",
         "DLDIR" : "DL_DIR = '${BASE_SHAREDDIR}/current_sources'",