diff --git a/android/arch.go b/android/arch.go
index 96a4cbf..7fc9090 100644
--- a/android/arch.go
+++ b/android/arch.go
@@ -864,6 +864,10 @@
 				archVariant := variantReplacer.Replace(archVariant)
 				variants = append(variants, proptools.FieldNameForProperty(archVariant))
 			}
+			for _, cpuVariant := range cpuVariants[arch] {
+				cpuVariant := variantReplacer.Replace(cpuVariant)
+				variants = append(variants, proptools.FieldNameForProperty(cpuVariant))
+			}
 			for _, feature := range archFeatures[arch] {
 				feature := variantReplacer.Replace(feature)
 				variants = append(variants, proptools.FieldNameForProperty(feature))
@@ -1714,6 +1718,18 @@
 		a.CpuVariant = ""
 	}
 
+	if a.ArchVariant != "" {
+		if validArchVariants := archVariants[archType]; !InList(a.ArchVariant, validArchVariants) {
+			return Arch{}, fmt.Errorf("[%q] unknown arch variant %q, support variants: %q", archType, a.ArchVariant, validArchVariants)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if a.CpuVariant != "" {
+		if validCpuVariants := cpuVariants[archType]; !InList(a.CpuVariant, validCpuVariants) {
+			return Arch{}, fmt.Errorf("[%q] unknown cpu variant %q, support variants: %q", archType, a.CpuVariant, validCpuVariants)
+		}
+	}
+
 	// Filter empty ABIs out of the list.
 	for i := 0; i < len(a.Abi); i++ {
 		if a.Abi[i] == "" {
diff --git a/android/arch_list.go b/android/arch_list.go
index d68a0d1..79ad4af 100644
--- a/android/arch_list.go
+++ b/android/arch_list.go
@@ -22,38 +22,12 @@
 		"armv7-a-neon",
 		"armv8-a",
 		"armv8-2a",
-		"cortex-a7",
-		"cortex-a8",
-		"cortex-a9",
-		"cortex-a15",
-		"cortex-a53",
-		"cortex-a53-a57",
-		"cortex-a55",
-		"cortex-a72",
-		"cortex-a73",
-		"cortex-a75",
-		"cortex-a76",
-		"krait",
-		"kryo",
-		"kryo385",
-		"exynos-m1",
-		"exynos-m2",
 	},
 	Arm64: {
-		"armv8_a",
-		"armv8_a_branchprot",
-		"armv8_2a",
+		"armv8-a",
+		"armv8-a-branchprot",
+		"armv8-2a",
 		"armv8-2a-dotprod",
-		"cortex-a53",
-		"cortex-a55",
-		"cortex-a72",
-		"cortex-a73",
-		"cortex-a75",
-		"cortex-a76",
-		"kryo",
-		"kryo385",
-		"exynos-m1",
-		"exynos-m2",
 	},
 	X86: {
 		"amberlake",
@@ -87,6 +61,41 @@
 	},
 }
 
+var cpuVariants = map[ArchType][]string{
+	Arm: {
+		"cortex-a7",
+		"cortex-a8",
+		"cortex-a9",
+		"cortex-a15",
+		"cortex-a53",
+		"cortex-a53.a57",
+		"cortex-a55",
+		"cortex-a72",
+		"cortex-a73",
+		"cortex-a75",
+		"cortex-a76",
+		"krait",
+		"kryo",
+		"kryo385",
+		"exynos-m1",
+		"exynos-m2",
+	},
+	Arm64: {
+		"cortex-a53",
+		"cortex-a55",
+		"cortex-a72",
+		"cortex-a73",
+		"cortex-a75",
+		"cortex-a76",
+		"kryo",
+		"kryo385",
+		"exynos-m1",
+		"exynos-m2",
+	},
+	X86:    {},
+	X86_64: {},
+}
+
 var archFeatures = map[ArchType][]string{
 	Arm: {
 		"neon",
diff --git a/cc/config/x86_64_device.go b/cc/config/x86_64_device.go
index d789cde..0da51cb 100644
--- a/cc/config/x86_64_device.go
+++ b/cc/config/x86_64_device.go
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@
 		"": []string{
 			"-march=x86-64",
 		},
+
 		"broadwell": []string{
 			"-march=broadwell",
 		},
-
 		"haswell": []string{
 			"-march=core-avx2",
 		},