diff --git a/kernel/src/arch/i386/info.c b/kernel/src/arch/i386/info.c
index 19ab434..923fad0 100644
--- a/kernel/src/arch/i386/info.c
+++ b/kernel/src/arch/i386/info.c
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-const char *arch = "i386";
+ extern char archval;
+ const char *arch = &archval;
diff --git a/kernel/src/arch/i386/info.nasm b/kernel/src/arch/i386/info.nasm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2b55bec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/src/arch/i386/info.nasm
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+global archval
+archval db "i386-nasm", 0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/kernel/src/arch/x86_64/info.c b/kernel/src/arch/x86_64/info.c
index 7c64153..686e883 100644
--- a/kernel/src/arch/x86_64/info.c
+++ b/kernel/src/arch/x86_64/info.c
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-const char *arch = "x86_64";
+ extern char archval;
+ const char *arch = &archval;
+
diff --git a/kernel/src/arch/x86_64/info.nasm b/kernel/src/arch/x86_64/info.nasm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..599fe31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/src/arch/x86_64/info.nasm
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+global archval
+archval db "x86_64-nasm", 0
\ No newline at end of file