diff --git a/mock/docs/site-defaults.cfg b/mock/docs/site-defaults.cfg
index 7c32561c0..0388a0ecc 100644
--- a/mock/docs/site-defaults.cfg
+++ b/mock/docs/site-defaults.cfg
@@ -466,6 +466,7 @@
 ## mapping from target_arch (or forcearch) to arch in /usr/bin/qemu-*-static
 # config_opts['qemu_user_static_mapping'] = {
 #     'aarch64': 'aarch64',
+#     'armv7hl': 'arm',
 #     'i386': 'i386',
 #     'i686': 'i386',
 #     'ppc64': 'ppc64',
diff --git a/mock/py/mockbuild/config.py b/mock/py/mockbuild/config.py
index 35b03dc74..3486806a0 100644
--- a/mock/py/mockbuild/config.py
+++ b/mock/py/mockbuild/config.py
@@ -320,6 +320,7 @@ def setup_default_config_opts():
     # mapping from target_arch (or forcearch) to arch in /usr/bin/qemu-*-static
     config_opts["qemu_user_static_mapping"] = {
         'aarch64': 'aarch64',
+        'armv7hl': 'arm',
         'i386': 'i386',
         'i686': 'i386',
         'ppc64': 'ppc64',