diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 44dbae8b..b3daab9c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -197,10 +197,13 @@ find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
 find_package(ZLIB REQUIRED)
 
 if (TON_ARCH AND NOT MSVC)
+  CHECK_CXX_COMPILER_FLAG( "-march=${TON_ARCH}" COMPILER_OPT_ARCH_SUPPORTED )
   if (TON_ARCH STREQUAL "apple-m1")
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -mcpu=${TON_ARCH}")	
-  else()
+  elseif(COMPILER_OPT_ARCH_SUPPORTED)
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -march=${TON_ARCH}")
+  elseif(NOT TON_ARCH STREQUAL "native")
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "Compiler doesn't support arch ${TON_ARCH}")
   endif()
 endif()
 if (THREADS_HAVE_PTHREAD_ARG)