--- coreutils-8.25.old/src/uname.c
+++ coreutils-8.25/src/uname.c
@@ -362,6 +362,13 @@
             element = hardware_platform;
         }
 #endif
+        if (element == unknown)
+        {
+            static char hardware_platform [257];
+            strcpy (hardware_platform, "i386");
+            element = hardware_platform;
+        }
+
       if (! (toprint == UINT_MAX && element == unknown))
         print_element (element);
     }