diff --git a/coredump/coredump b/coredump/coredump
index f70d37c13b..3fbdafe81c 100755
--- a/coredump/coredump
+++ b/coredump/coredump
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
+import platform
 import argparse
 import os
 import sys
@@ -36,6 +37,10 @@ def main():
 
     opts = vars(parser.parse_args())
 
+    if platform.machine() != 'x86_64':
+        print('ERROR: %s only supported on x86_64' % sys.argv[0])
+        sys.exit(1)
+
     try:
         coredump(opts)
     except SystemExit as error: