diff --git a/share/man/man4/linux.4 b/share/man/man4/linux.4
--- a/share/man/man4/linux.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/linux.4
@@ -145,6 +145,12 @@
 does not emulate the Linux environment completely, and missed features
 may result in security vulnerabilities.
 Defaults to 1.
+.It Va compat.linux32.emulate_i386
+In the x86_64 (amd64) world enable the real i386 Linuxulator behavior.
+For example, when set to 0, Linux uname -m will return "x86_64" even if
+uname itself is a i386 Linux executable. When set to 1, Linux i386
+uname -m will return "i686".
+Defaults to 0.
 .El
 .Sh FILES
 .Bl -tag -width /compat/linux/dev/shm -compact
diff --git a/sys/amd64/linux32/linux.h b/sys/amd64/linux32/linux.h
--- a/sys/amd64/linux32/linux.h
+++ b/sys/amd64/linux32/linux.h
@@ -637,4 +637,6 @@
 void	bsd_to_linux_regset32(const struct reg32 *b_reg,
 	    struct linux_pt_regset32 *l_regset);
 
+extern bool linux32_emulate_i386;
+
 #endif /* !_AMD64_LINUX_H_ */
diff --git a/sys/amd64/linux32/linux32_sysvec.c b/sys/amd64/linux32/linux32_sysvec.c
--- a/sys/amd64/linux32/linux32_sysvec.c
+++ b/sys/amd64/linux32/linux32_sysvec.c
@@ -885,6 +885,9 @@
 static u_long	linux32_maxvmem = LINUX32_MAXVMEM;
 SYSCTL_ULONG(_compat_linux32, OID_AUTO, maxvmem, CTLFLAG_RW,
     &linux32_maxvmem, 0, "");
+bool linux32_emulate_i386 = false;
+SYSCTL_BOOL(_compat_linux32, OID_AUTO, emulate_i386, CTLFLAG_RWTUN,
+    &linux32_emulate_i386, 0, "Emulate the real i386");
 
 static void
 linux32_fixlimit(struct rlimit *rl, int which)
diff --git a/sys/compat/linux/linux_misc.c b/sys/compat/linux/linux_misc.c
--- a/sys/compat/linux/linux_misc.c
+++ b/sys/compat/linux/linux_misc.c
@@ -720,6 +720,11 @@
 	 * the string returned by getauxval(AT_PLATFORM) needs
 	 * to remain "i686", though.
 	 */
+#if defined(COMPAT_LINUX32)
+	if (linux32_emulate_i386)
+		strlcpy(utsname.machine, "i686", LINUX_MAX_UTSNAME);
+	else
+#endif
 	strlcpy(utsname.machine, "x86_64", LINUX_MAX_UTSNAME);
 #elif defined(__aarch64__)
 	strlcpy(utsname.machine, "aarch64", LINUX_MAX_UTSNAME);