diff --git a/devtools/test-build.sh b/devtools/test-build.sh
index 5fed4c1b2e..cc364e848e 100755
--- a/devtools/test-build.sh
+++ b/devtools/test-build.sh
@@ -236,10 +236,6 @@ for conf in $configs ; do
 	make -j$J -sC examples \
 		EXTRA_LDFLAGS="$DPDK_DEP_LDFLAGS" $verbose \
 		O=$(readlink -m $dir/examples)
-	! echo $target | grep -q '^x86_64' || \
-	make -j$J -sC examples/performance-thread \
-		EXTRA_LDFLAGS="$DPDK_DEP_LDFLAGS" $verbose \
-		O=$(readlink -m $dir/examples/performance-thread)
 	unset RTE_TARGET
 	echo "################## $dir done."
 	unset dir
diff --git a/examples/Makefile b/examples/Makefile
index 05e890e59f..6298626b75 100644
--- a/examples/Makefile
+++ b/examples/Makefile
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ DIRS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_LPM) += load_balancer
 DIRS-y += multi_process
 DIRS-y += netmap_compat/bridge
 DIRS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_REORDER) += packet_ordering
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_RTE_ARCH_X86_64),y)
+DIRS-y += performance-thread
+endif
 DIRS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_IEEE1588) += ptpclient
 DIRS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_METER) += qos_meter
 DIRS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_SCHED) += qos_sched