diff --git a/src/corelib/global/qprocessordetection.h b/src/corelib/global/qprocessordetection.h
index d9aee6260a8..f7298bbb86a 100644
--- a/src/corelib/global/qprocessordetection.h
+++ b/src/corelib/global/qprocessordetection.h
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@
 
     Alpha is bi-endian, use endianness auto-detection implemented below.
 */
-// #elif defined(__alpha__) || defined(_M_ALPHA)
-// #  define Q_PROCESSOR_ALPHA
+#if defined(__alpha__) || defined(_M_ALPHA)
+#  define Q_PROCESSOR_ALPHA
 // Q_BYTE_ORDER not defined, use endianness auto-detection
 
 /*
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
     ARM is bi-endian, detect using __ARMEL__ or __ARMEB__, falling back to
     auto-detection implemented below.
 */
-#if defined(__arm__) || defined(__TARGET_ARCH_ARM) || defined(_M_ARM) || defined(_M_ARM64) || defined(__aarch64__) || defined(__ARM64__)
+#elif defined(__arm__) || defined(__TARGET_ARCH_ARM) || defined(_M_ARM) || defined(_M_ARM64) || defined(__aarch64__) || defined(__ARM64__)
 #  if defined(__aarch64__) || defined(__ARM64__) || defined(_M_ARM64)
 #    define Q_PROCESSOR_ARM_64
 #    define Q_PROCESSOR_WORDSIZE 8
diff --git a/src/corelib/plugin/qelfparser_p.cpp b/src/corelib/plugin/qelfparser_p.cpp
index b7c67608646..54e5a19e2e6 100644
--- a/src/corelib/plugin/qelfparser_p.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/plugin/qelfparser_p.cpp
@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ struct ElfMachineCheck
     static const Elf32_Half ExpectedMachine =
 #if 0
             // nothing
+#elif defined(Q_PROCESSOR_ALPHA)
+            EM_ALPHA
 #elif defined(Q_PROCESSOR_ARM_32)
             EM_ARM
 #elif defined(Q_PROCESSOR_ARM_64)
@@ -382,6 +384,7 @@ Q_DECL_UNUSED Q_DECL_COLD_FUNCTION static QDebug &operator<<(QDebug &d, ElfHeade
     switch (r.machine) {
     // list definitely not exhaustive!
     case EM_NONE:       d << ", no machine"; break;
+    case EM_ALPHA:      d << ", Alpha"; break;
     case EM_68K:        d << ", MC68000"; break;
     case EM_ARM:        d << ", ARM"; break;
     case EM_AARCH64:    d << ", AArch64"; break;