diff --git a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/JVM.java b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/JVM.java
index fbad0da..4897e7f 100644
--- a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/JVM.java
+++ b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/JVM.java
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ public class JVM {
     System.getProperty("os.arch") != null && System.getProperty("os.arch").contains("amd64");
   private static final boolean aarch64 =
     System.getProperty("os.arch") != null && System.getProperty("os.arch").contains("aarch64");
+  private static final boolean riscv64 =
+    System.getProperty("os.arch") != null && System.getProperty("os.arch").contains("riscv64");
 
   private static final String JVMVersion = System.getProperty("java.version");
 
