Accept "arm" instead of "armv7" in configure, see http://valgrind.10908.n7.nabble.com/building-for-arm-td39382.html . diff -u -r valgrind-3.11.0.orig/configure valgrind-3.11.0/configure --- valgrind-3.11.0.orig/configure 2015-10-02 20:37:41.915721386 +0200 +++ valgrind-3.11.0/configure 2015-10-02 20:37:54.886746395 +0200 @@ -5607,7 +5607,7 @@ ARCH_MAX="s390x" ;; - armv7*) + arm*) { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: ok (${host_cpu})" >&5 $as_echo "ok (${host_cpu})" >&6; } ARCH_MAX="arm"