diff --git a/virtme_ng/run.py b/virtme_ng/run.py
index d50838a..e5c4cc1 100644
--- a/virtme_ng/run.py
+++ b/virtme_ng/run.py
@@ -552,6 +552,13 @@ def arg_fail(message, show_usage=True):
 
 
 ARCH_MAPPING = {
+    "amd64": {
+        "qemu_name": "x86_64",
+        "linux_name": "x86_64",
+        "cross_compile": "x86_64-linux-gnu-",
+        "kernel_target": "bzImage",
+        "kernel_image": "bzImage",
+    },
     "arm64": {
         "qemu_name": "aarch64",
         "linux_name": "arm64",