diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9ec0dae6e5..3af503bae7 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([
 	doc/Makefile
 	lib/Makefile
 	lib/libspl/Makefile
-	lib/libspl/asm-i686/Makefile
+	lib/libspl/asm-i386/Makefile
 	lib/libspl/asm-x86_64/Makefile
 	lib/libspl/include/Makefile
 	lib/libavl/Makefile
diff --git a/lib/libspl/Makefile.am b/lib/libspl/Makefile.am
index 5e84930b32..5788237e9b 100644
--- a/lib/libspl/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/libspl/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 include $(top_srcdir)/config/Rules.am
 
-SUBDIRS = asm-i686 asm-x86_64 include
+target_arch = $(shell echo ${target_cpu} | sed -e s/i.86/i386/)
+SUBDIRS = asm-i386 asm-x86_64 include
 DEFAULT_INCLUDES += \
 	-I${top_srcdir}/lib/libspl/include
 
@@ -20,6 +21,6 @@ libspl_la_SOURCES = \
 	${top_srcdir}/lib/libspl/strnlen.c \
 	${top_srcdir}/lib/libspl/zone.c \
 	${top_srcdir}/lib/libspl/xdr.c \
-	${top_srcdir}/lib/libspl/asm-${target_cpu}/atomic.S \
+	${top_srcdir}/lib/libspl/asm-${target_arch}/atomic.S \
 	${top_srcdir}/lib/libspl/include/sys/list.h \
 	${top_srcdir}/lib/libspl/include/sys/list_impl.h
diff --git a/lib/libspl/asm-i686/Makefile.am b/lib/libspl/asm-i386/Makefile.am
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/libspl/asm-i686/Makefile.am
rename to lib/libspl/asm-i386/Makefile.am
diff --git a/lib/libspl/asm-i686/atomic.S b/lib/libspl/asm-i386/atomic.S
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/libspl/asm-i686/atomic.S
rename to lib/libspl/asm-i386/atomic.S