diff --git a/src/builder.ts b/src/builder.ts
index 6148fe74086..82e4d5cc9c3 100644
--- a/src/builder.ts
+++ b/src/builder.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ export interface CliOptions extends PackagerOptions, PublishOptions {
 
   x64?: boolean
   ia32?: boolean
+  armv7l?: boolean
 
   dir?: boolean
 
@@ -60,18 +61,18 @@ export function normalizeOptions(args: CliOptions): BuildOptions {
     }
 
     function commonArch(): Array<Arch> {
-      if (args.ia32 && args.x64) {
-        return [Arch.x64, Arch.ia32]
+      const result = Array<Arch>()
+      if (args.x64) {
+        result.push(Arch.x64)
       }
-      else if (args.ia32) {
-        return [Arch.ia32]
+      if (args.armv7l) {
+        result.push(Arch.armv7l)
       }
-      else if (args.x64) {
-        return [Arch.x64]
-      }
-      else {
-        return [archFromString(process.arch)]
+      if (args.ia32) {
+        result.push(Arch.ia32)
       }
+
+      return result.length === 0 ? [archFromString(process.arch)] : result
     }
 
     let archToType = targets.get(platform)
@@ -161,6 +162,7 @@ export function normalizeOptions(args: CliOptions): BuildOptions {
 
   delete result.ia32
   delete result.x64
+  delete result.armv7l
   return result
 }
 
diff --git a/src/cliOptions.ts b/src/cliOptions.ts
index 9ae31c4f1df..c0fe95c8be8 100644
--- a/src/cliOptions.ts
+++ b/src/cliOptions.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ export function createYargs(): any {
       describe: "Build for ia32",
       type: "boolean",
     })
+    .option("armv7l", {
+      group: buildGroup,
+      describe: "Build for armv7l",
+      type: "boolean",
+    })
     .option("dir", {
       group: buildGroup,
       describe: "Build unpacked dir. Useful to test.",
diff --git a/src/metadata.ts b/src/metadata.ts
index 0a9b09b7b78..69a565f4bf2 100755
--- a/src/metadata.ts
+++ b/src/metadata.ts
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ export class Platform {
 }
 
 export enum Arch {
-  ia32, x64
+  ia32, x64, armv7l
 }
 
 export function archFromString(name: string): Arch {
@@ -456,6 +456,9 @@ export function archFromString(name: string): Arch {
   if (name === "ia32") {
     return Arch.ia32
   }
+  if (name === "armv7l") {
+    return Arch.armv7l
+  }
 
   throw new Error(`Unsupported arch ${name}`)
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/node-gyp-rebuild.ts b/src/node-gyp-rebuild.ts
index e46881b5324..87dd1f55a1e 100644
--- a/src/node-gyp-rebuild.ts
+++ b/src/node-gyp-rebuild.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ const __awaiter = require("./util/awaiter")
 
 const args: any = yargs
   .option("arch", {
-    choices: ["ia32", "x64"],
+    choices: ["ia32", "x64", "armv7l"],
   }).argv
 
 const projectDir = process.cwd()
diff --git a/src/packager.ts b/src/packager.ts
index 06b35c03473..ed4829f722e 100644
--- a/src/packager.ts
+++ b/src/packager.ts
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ export function normalizePlatforms(rawPlatforms: Array<string | Platform> | stri
       return [Platform.MAC, Platform.LINUX, Platform.WINDOWS]
     }
     else if (process.platform === Platform.LINUX.nodeName) {
-      // MacOS code sign works only on MacOS
+      // macOS code sign works only on macOS
       return [Platform.LINUX, Platform.WINDOWS]
     }
     else {
diff --git a/src/targets/fpm.ts b/src/targets/fpm.ts
index f464957cef8..ee3b93c82c5 100644
--- a/src/targets/fpm.ts
+++ b/src/targets/fpm.ts
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ export default class FpmTarget extends TargetEx {
     const args = [
       "-s", "dir",
       "-t", target,
-      "--architecture", arch === Arch.ia32 ? "i386" : "amd64",
+      "--architecture", arch === Arch.ia32 ? "i386" : (arch === Arch.x64 ? "amd64" : "armv7l"),
       "--name", appInfo.name,
       "--force",
       "--after-install", scripts[0],
diff --git a/test/src/helpers/packTester.ts b/test/src/helpers/packTester.ts
index c74276caa74..5329214e476 100755
--- a/test/src/helpers/packTester.ts
+++ b/test/src/helpers/packTester.ts
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ async function checkLinuxResult(outDir: string, packager: Packager, checkOptions
     }
   }))
 
-  const packageFile = `${outDir}/TestApp-${appInfo.version}-${arch === Arch.ia32 ? "ia32" : "amd64"}.deb`
+  const packageFile = `${outDir}/TestApp-${appInfo.version}-${arch === Arch.ia32 ? "ia32" : (arch === Arch.x64 ? "amd64" : "armv7l")}.deb`
   assertThat(await getContents(packageFile)).isEqualTo(expectedContents)
   if (arch === Arch.ia32) {
     assertThat(await getContents(`${outDir}/TestApp-${appInfo.version}-i386.deb`)).isEqualTo(expectedContents)
diff --git a/test/src/helpers/runTests.ts b/test/src/helpers/runTests.ts
index bf64bc91bcf..54f162025cd 100755
--- a/test/src/helpers/runTests.ts
+++ b/test/src/helpers/runTests.ts
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@ function downloadAllRequiredElectronVersions(): Promise<any> {
   }
 
   for (let platform of platforms) {
-    for (let arch of (platform === "mas" || platform === "darwin" ? ["x64"] : ["ia32", "x64"])) {
+    const archs = (platform === "mas" || platform === "darwin") ? ["x64"] : (platform === "win32" ? ["ia32", "x64"] : ["ia32", "x64", "armv7l"])
+    for (let arch of archs) {
       downloadPromises.push(downloadElectron({
         version: ELECTRON_VERSION,
         arch: arch,
diff --git a/test/src/linuxPackagerTest.ts b/test/src/linuxPackagerTest.ts
index 49a64bac37b..6895883111a 100755
--- a/test/src/linuxPackagerTest.ts
+++ b/test/src/linuxPackagerTest.ts
@@ -3,12 +3,15 @@ import { modifyPackageJson, app, appThrows } from "./helpers/packTester"
 import { remove } from "fs-extra-p"
 import * as path from "path"
 import { Platform } from "out"
+import { Arch } from "out/metadata"
 
 //noinspection JSUnusedLocalSymbols
 const __awaiter = require("out/util/awaiter")
 
 test.ifNotWindows("deb", app({targets: Platform.LINUX.createTarget("deb")}))
 
+test.ifNotWindows("arm deb", app({targets: Platform.LINUX.createTarget("deb", Arch.armv7l)}))
+
 test.ifDevOrLinuxCi("AppImage", app({targets: Platform.LINUX.createTarget()}))
 
 test.ifDevOrLinuxCi("AppImage - default icon", app({targets: Platform.LINUX.createTarget("appimage")}, {