diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index ee7bdb0..b33ae9f 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ AddOption(
     choices = ('i686', 'x86_64'),
     nargs = 1,
     action = 'store',
-    default = 'i686'
+    default = 'x86_64'
 )
 
 target  = GetOption('target')