diff --git a/common/cpu-utils.c b/common/cpu-utils.c
index 3527a3cb..568e3af5 100644
--- a/common/cpu-utils.c
+++ b/common/cpu-utils.c
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ void cpu_print_flags(void) {
 	FLAG(SSE2);
 	FLAG(SSSE3);
 	FLAG(SSE41);
+	FLAG(PCLMUL);
 	FLAG(SSE42);
 	FLAG(SHA);
 	FLAG(AVX);
@@ -76,6 +77,10 @@ void cpu_detect_flags(void)
 		__cpu_flags |= CPU_FLAG_SSSE3;
 	if (__builtin_cpu_supports("sse4.1"))
 		__cpu_flags |= CPU_FLAG_SSE41;
+#if HAVE___BUILTIN_CPU_SUPPORTS__PCLMUL
+	if (__builtin_cpu_supports("pclmul"))
+		__cpu_flags |= CPU_FLAG_PCLMUL;
+#endif
 	if (__builtin_cpu_supports("sse4.2"))
 		__cpu_flags |= CPU_FLAG_SSE42;
 	if (__builtin_cpu_supports("avx"))
diff --git a/common/cpu-utils.h b/common/cpu-utils.h
index e4a8641b..014788f4 100644
--- a/common/cpu-utils.h
+++ b/common/cpu-utils.h
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ enum cpu_feature {
 	ENUM_CPU_BIT(CPU_FLAG_SSE2),
 	ENUM_CPU_BIT(CPU_FLAG_SSSE3),
 	ENUM_CPU_BIT(CPU_FLAG_SSE41),
+	ENUM_CPU_BIT(CPU_FLAG_PCLMUL),
 	ENUM_CPU_BIT(CPU_FLAG_SSE42),
 	ENUM_CPU_BIT(CPU_FLAG_SHA),
 	ENUM_CPU_BIT(CPU_FLAG_AVX),
diff --git a/config/ax_gcc_builtin.m4 b/config/ax_gcc_builtin.m4
index c89f89ec..224e824c 100644
--- a/config/ax_gcc_builtin.m4
+++ b/config/ax_gcc_builtin.m4
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([AX_GCC_BUILTIN], [
                 [__builtin_cpu_init], [$1()],
                 [__builtin_cpu_is], [$1("intel")],
                 [__builtin_cpu_supports], [$1("sse")],
+                [__builtin_cpu_supports__pclmul], [__builtin_cpu_supports("pclmul")],
                 [__builtin_ctz], [$1(0)],
                 [__builtin_ctzl], [$1(0)],
                 [__builtin_ctzll], [$1(0)],
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1ef5f83c..1850048b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ AC_SUBST([HAVE_GLIBC])
 AX_GCC_BUILTIN([__builtin_add_overflow])
 AX_GCC_BUILTIN([__builtin_sub_overflow])
 AX_GCC_BUILTIN([__builtin_mul_overflow])
+AX_GCC_BUILTIN([__builtin_cpu_supports__pclmul])
 
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([linux/perf_event.h])
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([linux/hw_breakpoint.h])
diff --git a/crypto/crc32c.c b/crypto/crc32c.c
index 23cbb1a6..0d540ef6 100644
--- a/crypto/crc32c.c
+++ b/crypto/crc32c.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ static unsigned int crc32c_pcl(uint32_t crc, unsigned char const *data, uint32_t
 	return crc_pcl(data, len, crc);
 }
 
-#else
+#endif
 
 /*
  * Based on a posting to lkml by Austin Zhang <austin.zhang@intel.com>
@@ -86,8 +86,6 @@ static uint32_t crc32c_intel(uint32_t crc, unsigned char const *data, uint32_t l
 	return crc;
 }
 
-#endif
-
 void crc32c_init_accel(void)
 {
 	/*
@@ -96,14 +94,13 @@ void crc32c_init_accel(void)
 	 */
 	if (0) {
 #ifdef __GLIBC__
-	} else if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FLAG_SSE42)) {
+	} else if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FLAG_PCLMUL)) {
 		/* printf("CRC32C: pcl\n"); */
 		crc_function = crc32c_pcl;
-#else
+#endif
 	} else if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FLAG_SSE42)) {
 		/* printf("CRC32c: intel\n"); */
 		crc_function = crc32c_intel;
-#endif
 	} else {
 		/* printf("CRC32c: fallback\n"); */
 		crc_function = __crc32c_le;
diff --git a/crypto/hash-speedtest.c b/crypto/hash-speedtest.c
index 2b02f6ae..88f9c9b1 100644
--- a/crypto/hash-speedtest.c
+++ b/crypto/hash-speedtest.c
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 		{ .name = "CRC32C-ref", .digest = hash_crc32c, .digest_size = 4,
 		  .cpu_flag = CPU_FLAG_NONE },
 		{ .name = "CRC32C-NI", .digest = hash_crc32c, .digest_size = 4,
-		  .cpu_flag = CPU_FLAG_SSE42 },
+		  .cpu_flag = CPU_FLAG_PCLMUL },
 		{ .name = "XXHASH", .digest = hash_xxhash, .digest_size = 8 },
 		{ .name = "SHA256-ref", .digest = hash_sha256, .digest_size = 32,
 		  .cpu_flag = CPU_FLAG_NONE, .backend = CRYPTOPROVIDER_BUILTIN + 1 },
diff --git a/crypto/hash-vectest.c b/crypto/hash-vectest.c
index 2a00c029..07a830fb 100644
--- a/crypto/hash-vectest.c
+++ b/crypto/hash-vectest.c
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ static const struct hash_testspec test_spec[] = {
 		.digest_size = 4,
 		.testvec = crc32c_tv,
 		.count = ARRAY_SIZE(crc32c_tv),
-		.cpu_flag = CPU_FLAG_SSE42,
+		.cpu_flag = CPU_FLAG_PCLMUL,
 		.hash = hash_crc32c
 	}, {
 		.name = "XXHASH",