diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 94b0db0..0da9814 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -846,6 +846,14 @@ cat >> conftest.c <<EOF
         sparc64-linux-gnu
 # elif defined(__sparc__)
         sparc-linux-gnu
+# elif defined(__riscv)
+#  if __riscv_xlen == 32
+        riscv32-linux-gnu
+#  elif __riscv_xlen == 64
+        riscv64-linux-gnu
+#  else
+#   error unknown platform triplet
+#  endif
 # else
 #   error unknown platform triplet
 # endif