diff --git a/README.chromium b/README.chromium
index a5e4c7638..798f0d105 100644
--- a/README.chromium
+++ b/README.chromium
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name: libyuv
 URL: http://code.google.com/p/libyuv/
-Version: 272
+Version: 273
 License: BSD
 License File: LICENSE
 
diff --git a/include/libyuv/version.h b/include/libyuv/version.h
index a07cbb901..eaab28dcd 100644
--- a/include/libyuv/version.h
+++ b/include/libyuv/version.h
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #ifndef INCLUDE_LIBYUV_VERSION_H_
 #define INCLUDE_LIBYUV_VERSION_H_
 
-#define LIBYUV_VERSION 272
+#define LIBYUV_VERSION 273
 
 #endif  // INCLUDE_LIBYUV_VERSION_H_
 
diff --git a/source/cpu_id.cc b/source/cpu_id.cc
index c451fa18b..f7843e6af 100644
--- a/source/cpu_id.cc
+++ b/source/cpu_id.cc
@@ -57,14 +57,15 @@ void CpuId(int cpu_info[4], int info_type) {
 }
 
 // based on libvpx arm_cpudetect.c
-// For Arm, but testable on any CPU
-int ArmCpuCaps(const char* cpuinfoname) {
+// For Arm, but public to allow testing on any CPU
+int ArmCpuCaps(const char* cpuinfo_name) {
   int flags = 0;
-  FILE* fin = fopen(cpuinfoname, "r");
+  FILE* fin = fopen(cpuinfo_name, "r");
   if (fin) {
     char buf[512];
     while (fgets(buf, 511, fin)) {
       if (memcmp(buf, "Features", 8) == 0) {
+        flags |= kCpuInitialized;
         char* p = strstr(buf, " neon");
         if (p && (p[5] == ' ' || p[5] == '\n')) {
           flags |= kCpuHasNEON;
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ int ArmCpuCaps(const char* cpuinfoname) {
 int cpu_info_ = 0;
 
 int InitCpuFlags() {
-#ifdef CPU_X86
+#if defined(CPU_X86)
   int cpu_info[4];
   __cpuid(cpu_info, 1);
   cpu_info_ = ((cpu_info[3] & 0x04000000) ? kCpuHasSSE2 : 0) |
@@ -113,15 +114,17 @@ int InitCpuFlags() {
   if (getenv("LIBYUV_DISABLE_ASM")) {
     cpu_info_ = kCpuInitialized;
   }
-#elif defined(__linux__) && defined(__ARM_NEON__)
-  cpu_info_ = ArmCpuCaps("/proc/cpuinfo") | kCpuInitialized;
+#elif defined(__arm__)
+#if defined(__linux__) && defined(__ARM_NEON__)
+  // linux arm parse text file for neon detect.
+  cpu_info_ = ArmCpuCaps("/proc/cpuinfo");
 #elif defined(__ARM_NEON__)
   // gcc -mfpu=neon defines __ARM_NEON__
   // Enable Neon if you want support for Neon and Arm, and use MaskCpuFlags
   // to disable Neon on devices that do not have it.
-  cpu_info_ = kCpuHasNEON | kCpuInitialized | kCpuHasARM;
-#else
-  cpu_info_ = kCpuInitialized | kCpuHasARM;
+  cpu_info_ = kCpuHasNEON;
+#endif
+  cpu_info_ |= kCpuInitialized | kCpuHasARM;
 #endif
   return cpu_info_;
 }
diff --git a/unit_test/cpu_test.cc b/unit_test/cpu_test.cc
index 835544ce2..036169438 100644
--- a/unit_test/cpu_test.cc
+++ b/unit_test/cpu_test.cc
@@ -89,8 +89,18 @@ TEST_F(libyuvTest, TestCpuId) {
 extern "C" int ArmCpuCaps(const char* cpuinfoname);
 
 TEST_F(libyuvTest, TestLinuxNeon) {
-  EXPECT_EQ(0, ArmCpuCaps("unit_test/testdata/arm_v7.txt"));
-  EXPECT_EQ(kCpuHasNEON, ArmCpuCaps("unit_test/testdata/tegra3.txt"));
+  int testdata = ArmCpuCaps("unit_test/testdata/arm_v7.txt");
+  if (testdata) {
+    EXPECT_EQ(kCpuInitialized,
+              ArmCpuCaps("unit_test/testdata/arm_v7.txt"));
+    EXPECT_EQ((kCpuInitialized | kCpuHasNEON),
+              ArmCpuCaps("unit_test/testdata/tegra3.txt"));
+  } else {
+    printf("WARNING: unable to load \"unit_test/testdata/arm_v7.txt\"\n");
+  }
+#if defined(__linux__) && defined(__ARM_NEON__)
+  EXPECT_NE(0, ArmCpuCaps("/proc/cpuinfo"));
+#endif
 }
 
 }  // namespace libyuv