diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index f05208324f..cac0c78163 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -3169,9 +3169,11 @@ fn buildOutputType(
 
     const target = main_mod.resolved_target.result;
 
-    if (target.cpu.arch.isNvptx()) {
+    if (target.cpu.arch == .arc or target.cpu.arch.isNvptx()) {
         if (emit_bin != .no and create_module.resolved_options.use_llvm) {
-            fatal("cannot emit PTX binary with the LLVM backend; only '-femit-asm' is supported", .{});
+            fatal("cannot emit {s} binary with the LLVM backend; only '-femit-asm' is supported", .{
+                @tagName(target.cpu.arch),
+            });
         }
     }