diff --git a/ggml/src/CMakeLists.txt b/ggml/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 330f9d8209f63..5681ecddba782 100644
--- a/ggml/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ggml/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -289,16 +289,20 @@ if (GGML_CPU_ALL_VARIANTS)
     if (NOT GGML_BACKEND_DL)
         message(FATAL_ERROR "GGML_CPU_ALL_VARIANTS requires GGML_BACKEND_DL")
     endif()
-    ggml_add_cpu_backend_variant(x64)
-    ggml_add_cpu_backend_variant(sse42        SSE42)
-    ggml_add_cpu_backend_variant(sandybridge  SSE42 AVX)
-    ggml_add_cpu_backend_variant(haswell      SSE42 AVX F16C AVX2 BMI2 FMA)
-    ggml_add_cpu_backend_variant(skylakex     SSE42 AVX F16C AVX2 BMI2 FMA AVX512)
-    ggml_add_cpu_backend_variant(icelake      SSE42 AVX F16C AVX2 BMI2 FMA AVX512 AVX512_VBMI AVX512_VNNI)
-    ggml_add_cpu_backend_variant(alderlake    SSE42 AVX F16C AVX2 BMI2 FMA AVX_VNNI)
-    if (NOT MSVC)
-        # MSVC doesn't support AMX
-        ggml_add_cpu_backend_variant(sapphirerapids SSE42 AVX F16C AVX2 BMI2 FMA AVX512 AVX512_VBMI AVX512_VNNI AVX512_BF16 AMX_TILE AMX_INT8)
+    if (GGML_SYSTEM_ARCH STREQUAL "x86")
+        ggml_add_cpu_backend_variant(x64)
+        ggml_add_cpu_backend_variant(sse42        SSE42)
+        ggml_add_cpu_backend_variant(sandybridge  SSE42 AVX)
+        ggml_add_cpu_backend_variant(haswell      SSE42 AVX F16C AVX2 BMI2 FMA)
+        ggml_add_cpu_backend_variant(skylakex     SSE42 AVX F16C AVX2 BMI2 FMA AVX512)
+        ggml_add_cpu_backend_variant(icelake      SSE42 AVX F16C AVX2 BMI2 FMA AVX512 AVX512_VBMI AVX512_VNNI)
+        ggml_add_cpu_backend_variant(alderlake    SSE42 AVX F16C AVX2 BMI2 FMA AVX_VNNI)
+        if (NOT MSVC)
+            # MSVC doesn't support AMX
+            ggml_add_cpu_backend_variant(sapphirerapids SSE42 AVX F16C AVX2 BMI2 FMA AVX512 AVX512_VBMI AVX512_VNNI AVX512_BF16 AMX_TILE AMX_INT8)
+        endif()
+    else()
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "GGML_CPU_ALL_VARIANTS not yet supported on ${GGML_SYSTEM_ARCH}")
     endif()
 elseif (GGML_CPU)
     ggml_add_cpu_backend_variant_impl("")