diff --git a/meta/classes/goarch.bbclass b/meta/classes/goarch.bbclass
index 4a5b2ec787..12df88f8c4 100644
--- a/meta/classes/goarch.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/goarch.bbclass
@@ -38,8 +38,11 @@ def go_map_arch(a, d):
 
 def go_map_arm(a, f, d):
     import re
-    if re.match('arm.*', a) and re.match('arm.*7.*', f):
-        return '7'
+    if re.match('arm.*', a):
+        if 'armv7' in f:
+            return '7'
+        elif 'armv6' in f:
+            return '6'
     return ''
 
 def go_map_os(o, d):