diff --git a/tccelf.c b/tccelf.c
index 648422e..9c2ce6f 100644
--- a/tccelf.c
+++ b/tccelf.c
@@ -1575,7 +1575,25 @@ ST_FUNC void tcc_add_bcheck(TCCState *s1)
 static inline int tcc_add_support(TCCState *s1, const char *filename)
 {
     char buf[1024];
-    snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%s/%s", s1->tcc_lib_path, filename);
+    snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%s/%s/%s", s1->tcc_lib_path,
+    /* an cpu specific path inside tcc_lib_path, mainly for keeping libtcc1.a */
+    #ifdef TCC_TARGET_I386
+	"i386"
+    #endif
+    #ifdef TCC_TARGET_X86_64
+        "x86-64"
+    #endif
+    #ifdef TCC_TARGET_ARM
+	"ARM"
+    #endif
+    #ifdef TCC_TARGET_ARM64
+	"ARM64"
+    #endif
+    #ifdef TCC_TARGET_C67
+	"C67"
+    #endif
+	,filename);
+
     return tcc_add_file(s1, buf);
 }