diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 331cb2f..b0be50f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -146,6 +146,9 @@ it appears to work fine on Linux.
 source directory wasn't in the search path for AC_TRY_COMPILE always. Patch
 from Ross Burton.
 
+36. Disable SSE2 JIT optimizations in x86 CPUs when SSE2 is not available.
+Patch by Guillem Jover.
+
 
 Version 10.32 10-September-2018
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diff --git a/src/pcre2_jit_compile.c b/src/pcre2_jit_compile.c
index 6519b4b..256356c 100644
--- a/src/pcre2_jit_compile.c
+++ b/src/pcre2_jit_compile.c
@@ -6268,7 +6268,7 @@ for (i = 0; i < max; i++)
   }
 
 #if (defined SLJIT_CONFIG_X86 && SLJIT_CONFIG_X86) && !(defined SUPPORT_VALGRIND) && !(defined _WIN64)
-if (check_fast_forward_char_pair_sse2(common, chars, max))
+if (sljit_has_cpu_feature(SLJIT_HAS_SSE2) && check_fast_forward_char_pair_sse2(common, chars, max))
   return TRUE;
 #endif