diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index f7ad909d77a..872ba3be69c 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -335,11 +335,9 @@ with_any_broadcom = [
   with_broadcom_vk,
 ].contains(true)
 
-intel_vk_can_rt = host_machine.cpu_family() == 'x86_64' or \
-                  host_machine.cpu_family() == 'aarch64'
 with_intel_vk_rt = get_option('intel-rt') \
    .disable_auto_if(not with_intel_vk) \
-   .disable_if(not intel_vk_can_rt, \
+   .disable_if(sizeof_pointer != '8', \
                error_message: 'Intel Ray Tracing requires 64-bit architectures') \
   .allowed()