diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1f0eede880..75a08d7787 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -571,12 +571,17 @@ if test x$HAVE_GST_V4L2 = xyes; then
 fi
 
 dnl Allow enabling v4l2 device probing
+AS_CASE([$host],
+    [*-*linux*],
+      [AS_CASE([$host_cpu],
+        [arm*], [
+          enable_v4l2_probe="yes"])])
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(
   v4l2-probe,
   AC_HELP_STRING(
     [--enable-v4l2-probe],
     [enable V4L2 plugin to probe devices @<:@default=no@:>@]))
-if test "x$enable_v4l2_probe" = xyes; then
+if test "x$enable_v4l2_probe" = "xyes"; then
   AC_DEFINE(GST_V4L2_ENABLE_PROBE, 1,
     [Define if Video4Linux probe shall be run at plugin load])
 fi