diff --git a/dev-libs/pocl/pocl-3.1.ebuild b/dev-libs/pocl/pocl-3.1.ebuild
index ff61446e2a20..581bd85965b1 100644
--- a/dev-libs/pocl/pocl-3.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/pocl/pocl-3.1.ebuild
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ src_configure() {
 		# This attempts to recreate the amd64 "distro" option for ppc64
 		# See discussion in bug #831859
 		host_cpu_variants="pwr10;pwr9;pwr8;pwr7;pwr6;g5;a2;generic"
+	elif use riscv; then
+		host_cpu_variants="generic-rv64"
 	fi
 
 	local mycmakeargs=(