diff --git a/arch/x86/Makefile b/arch/x86/Makefile
index 920e616..5ba2d9c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/Makefile
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@
 
 # does binutils support specific instructions?
 asinstr := $(call as-instr,fxsaveq (%rax),-DCONFIG_AS_FXSAVEQ=1)
+asinstr += $(call as-instr,pshufb %xmm0$(comma)%xmm0,-DCONFIG_AS_SSSE3=1)
 asinstr += $(call as-instr,crc32l %eax$(comma)%eax,-DCONFIG_AS_CRC32=1)
 avx_instr := $(call as-instr,vxorps %ymm0$(comma)%ymm1$(comma)%ymm2,-DCONFIG_AS_AVX=1)
 avx2_instr :=$(call as-instr,vpbroadcastb %xmm0$(comma)%ymm1,-DCONFIG_AS_AVX2=1)