diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f0f6549b6..931098e4d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ name = "uutils"
 version = "0.0.1"
 dependencies = [
  "aho-corasick 0.5.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "arch 0.0.1",
  "base64 0.0.1",
  "basename 0.0.1",
  "cat 0.0.1",
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "sleep 0.0.1",
  "sort 0.0.1",
  "split 0.0.1",
+ "stat 0.0.1",
  "stdbuf 0.0.1",
  "sum 0.0.1",
  "sync 0.0.1",
@@ -115,6 +117,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr 0.1.11 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "arch"
+version = "0.0.1"
+dependencies = [
+ "getopts 0.2.14 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "libc 0.2.11 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "uucore 0.0.1",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "base64"
 version = "0.0.1"
@@ -553,6 +564,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "uucore 0.0.1",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "nom"
+version = "1.2.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "nproc"
 version = "0.0.1"
@@ -852,6 +868,14 @@ name = "semver"
 version = "0.1.20"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "semver"
+version = "0.2.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "nom 1.2.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "seq"
 version = "0.0.1"
@@ -898,6 +922,7 @@ version = "0.0.1"
 dependencies = [
  "getopts 0.2.14 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "libc 0.2.11 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "semver 0.2.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "uucore 0.0.1",
 ]
 
@@ -910,6 +935,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "uucore 0.0.1",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "stat"
+version = "0.0.1"
+dependencies = [
+ "getopts 0.2.14 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "libc 0.2.11 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "time 0.1.35 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "uucore 0.0.1",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "stdbuf"
 version = "0.0.1"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e17c40bd2..c11a8df15 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ build = "build.rs"
 
 [features]
 unix = [
+  "arch",
   "chmod",
   "chroot",
   "du",
@@ -96,6 +97,7 @@ test_unimplemented = []
 
 [dependencies]
 uucore   = { path="src/uucore" }
+arch     = { optional=true, path="src/arch" }
 base64   = { optional=true, path="src/base64" }
 basename = { optional=true, path="src/basename" }
 cat      = { optional=true, path="src/cat" }
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a9d32b70f..96d031899 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ PROGS       := \
   yes
 
 UNIX_PROGS := \
+  arch \
   chmod \
   chroot \
   du \
diff --git a/src/arch/Cargo.toml b/src/arch/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..251ca48a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/arch/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+[package]
+name = "arch"
+version = "0.0.1"
+authors = []
+
+[lib]
+name = "uu_arch"
+path = "arch.rs"
+
+[dependencies]
+getopts = "*"
+libc = "*"
+uucore = { path="../uucore" }
+
+[[bin]]
+name = "arch"
+path = "main.rs"
diff --git a/src/arch/arch.rs b/src/arch/arch.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4b018d1b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/arch/arch.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+#![crate_name = "uu_arch"]
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the uutils coreutils package.
+ *
+ * (c) Smigle00 <smigle00@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+extern crate getopts;
+extern crate libc;
+
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate uucore;
+
+use std::ffi::CStr;
+use std::io::Write;
+use std::mem::uninitialized;
+use uucore::c_types::utsname;
+
+struct Arch {
+    arch_name: String
+}
+
+extern {
+    fn uname(uts: *mut utsname);
+}
+
+unsafe fn string_from_c_str(ptr: *const i8) -> String {
+    String::from_utf8_lossy(CStr::from_ptr(ptr as *const std::os::raw::c_char).to_bytes()).to_string()
+}
+
+unsafe fn get_machine_arch() -> Arch {
+    let mut uts: utsname = uninitialized();
+    uname(&mut uts);
+    Arch {
+        arch_name: string_from_c_str(uts.machine.as_ptr()  as *const i8)
+    }
+}
+
+static NAME: &'static str = "arch";
+static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
+
+pub fn uumain(args: Vec<String>) -> i32 {
+    let mut opts = getopts::Options::new();
+
+    opts.optflag("", "help", "display this help and exit");
+    opts.optflag("", "version", "output version information and exit");
+
+    let matches = match opts.parse(&args[1..]) {
+        Ok(m) => m,
+        Err(f) => crash!(1, "{}\nTry '{} --help' for more information.", f, NAME),
+    };
+
+    if matches.opt_present("help") {
+        println!("{} {}", NAME, VERSION);
+        println!("");
+        println!("Usage:");
+        println!("  {} [OPTIONS]...", NAME);
+        println!("");
+        print!("{}", opts.usage("Print machine architecture name."));
+        return 0;
+    } else if matches.opt_present("version") {
+        println!("{} {}", NAME, VERSION);
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    let machine_arch = unsafe { get_machine_arch() };
+    let mut output = String::new();
+    output.push_str(machine_arch.arch_name.as_ref());
+    println!("{}", output.trim());
+
+    0
+}
diff --git a/src/arch/main.rs b/src/arch/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d513afc9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/arch/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+extern crate uu_arch;
+
+fn main() {
+    std::process::exit(uu_arch::uumain(std::env::args().collect()));
+}