diff --git a/projects/Virtual/options b/projects/Virtual/options
index 7a2fa232e2..9c9aec3e1f 100755
--- a/projects/Virtual/options
+++ b/projects/Virtual/options
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
       #               athlon-fx amdfam10 barcelona
       # (Intel CPUs)  atom core2 nocona
       #
-      TARGET_CPU="nocona"
+      TARGET_CPU="x86-64"
       ;;
 
     arm)