diff --git a/libyuv.gyp b/libyuv.gyp
index 9cbf641e4..f2a999dd1 100644
--- a/libyuv.gyp
+++ b/libyuv.gyp
@@ -21,7 +21,13 @@
       # Disable use of sysroot for Linux. It's enabled by default in Chromium,
       # but it currently lacks the libudev-dev package.
       # TODO(kjellander): Remove when crbug.com/561584 is fixed.
-      'use_sysroot': 0,
+      'conditions': [
+         ['target_arch=="ia32" or target_arch=="x64"', {
+           'use_sysroot': 0,
+         }, {
+           'use_sysroot%': 1,
+         }],
+       ],
     },
     'use_sysroot%': '<(use_sysroot)',
     'use_system_libjpeg%': 0,