diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 49095390..adb7cebf 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ lite_cargs = ['-DSDL_MAIN_HANDLED', '-DPCRE2_STATIC']
 if get_option('renderer') or host_machine.system() == 'darwin'
     lite_cargs += '-DLITE_USE_SDL_RENDERER'
 endif
+if get_option('arch_tuple') != ''
+    lite_cargs += '-DLITE_ARCH_TUPLE="@0@"'.format(get_option('arch_tuple'))
+endif
 #===============================================================================
 # Linker Settings
 #===============================================================================
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 5d80efce..9cfcc353 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ option('source-only', type : 'boolean', value : false, description: 'Configure s
 option('portable', type : 'boolean', value : false, description: 'Portable install')
 option('renderer', type : 'boolean', value : false, description: 'Use SDL renderer')
 option('dirmonitor_backend', type : 'combo', value : '', choices : ['', 'inotify', 'fsevents', 'kqueue', 'win32', 'dummy'], description: 'define what dirmonitor backend to use')
+option('arch_tuple', type : 'string', value : '', description: 'Specify a custom architecture tuple')
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