diff --git a/bindings/java/src/org/sleuthkit/datamodel/LibraryUtils.java b/bindings/java/src/org/sleuthkit/datamodel/LibraryUtils.java
index 5249bf28d9c76976fe26ebacc546ab111458d88c..f32163f95ad7628f67821775b1f913262a247a51 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/org/sleuthkit/datamodel/LibraryUtils.java
+++ b/bindings/java/src/org/sleuthkit/datamodel/LibraryUtils.java
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ private static String getPlatform() {
 			os = "linux"; //NON-NLS
 		}
 		// os.arch represents the architecture of the JVM, not the os
-		String arch = System.getProperty("os.arch");
+		String arch = System.getProperty("os.arch").endsWith("64") ? "x86_64" : "x86";
 		return arch.toLowerCase() + "/" + os.toLowerCase();
 	}