diff --git a/projects/Generic/options b/projects/Generic/options
index 323eaae523..6bd2944fb9 100755
--- a/projects/Generic/options
+++ b/projects/Generic/options
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
       #               athlon-fx amdfam10 barcelona
       # (Intel CPUs)  atom core2 nocona
       #
-      TARGET_CPU="core2"
+      TARGET_CPU="x86-64"
       ;;
 
     arm)