diff --git a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/util/SwitchBootJdkAction.java b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/util/SwitchBootJdkAction.java
index 77ba081951e7..9e6c4f40bdf0 100644
--- a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/util/SwitchBootJdkAction.java
+++ b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/util/SwitchBootJdkAction.java
@@ -163,8 +163,8 @@ public class SwitchBootJdkAction extends AnAction implements DumbAware {
                 if (selectedBundle == null) {
                   throw new Exception("Invalid JDK bundle!");
                 }
-                if (selectedBundle.getBitness() != (SystemInfo.is64Bit ? Bitness.x64 : Bitness.x32)) {
-                  throw new Exception("JDK arch mismatch! Expected: " + SystemInfo.OS_ARCH);
+                if (selectedBundle.getBitness() != JdkBundle.runtimeBitness) {
+                  throw new Exception("JDK arch mismatch! Your IDE's arch is " + JdkBundle.runtimeBitness);
                 }
               }
             };
diff --git a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/util/JdkBundle.java b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/util/JdkBundle.java
index 828b64378052..461d8ad4731c 100644
--- a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/util/JdkBundle.java
+++ b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/util/JdkBundle.java
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ public class JdkBundle {
   @NotNull
   private static final Pattern ARCH_64_BIT_PATTERN = Pattern.compile(".*64-Bit.*", Pattern.MULTILINE);
 
+  @NotNull public static final Bitness runtimeBitness = is64BitJVM(System.getProperty("java.vm.name")) ? Bitness.x64 : Bitness.x32;
+
+  private static boolean is64BitRuntime() { return runtimeBitness == Bitness.x64; }
+
   @NotNull private File myBundleAsFile;
   @NotNull private String myBundleName;
   @Nullable private Pair<Version, Integer> myVersionUpdate;
@@ -86,7 +90,7 @@ public class JdkBundle {
     if (nameArchVersionAndUpdate.first.second == null) {
       return null; // Skip unknown arch
     }
-    if (matchArch && nameArchVersionAndUpdate.first.second != SystemInfo.is64Bit) {
+    if (matchArch && nameArchVersionAndUpdate.first.second != is64BitRuntime()) {
       return null; // Skip incompatible arch
     }
 
@@ -97,7 +101,7 @@ public class JdkBundle {
 
     JdkBundle bundle = new JdkBundle(jvm, nameArchVersionAndUpdate.first.first, nameArchVersionAndUpdate.second, boot, bundled);
     // init already computed bitness
-    bundle.bitness = nameArchVersionAndUpdate.first.second == SystemInfo.is64Bit ? Bitness.x64 : Bitness.x32;
+    bundle.bitness = nameArchVersionAndUpdate.first.second ? Bitness.x64 : Bitness.x32;
     return bundle;
   }
 
@@ -154,7 +158,7 @@ public class JdkBundle {
       String homeSubPath = SystemInfo.isMac ? "Contents/Home" : "";
       Pair<Pair<String, Boolean>, Pair<Version, Integer>> nameArchVersionAndUpdate = getJDKNameArchVersionAndUpdate(getAbsoluteLocation(), homeSubPath);
       assert nameArchVersionAndUpdate.first.second != null;
-      bitness = nameArchVersionAndUpdate.first.second == SystemInfo.is64Bit ? Bitness.x64 : Bitness.x32;
+      bitness = nameArchVersionAndUpdate.first.second ? Bitness.x64 : Bitness.x32;
     }
     return bitness;
   }
@@ -212,8 +216,7 @@ public class JdkBundle {
       versionAndUpdate = VersionUtil.parseVersionAndUpdate(versionLine, VERSION_UPDATE_PATTERNS);
       displayVersion = versionLine.replaceFirst("\".*\"", "");
       if (outputLines.size() >= 3) {
-        String archLine = outputLines.get(2);
-        is64Bit = ARCH_64_BIT_PATTERN.matcher(archLine).find();
+        is64Bit = is64BitJVM(outputLines.get(2));
       }
     }
     else {
@@ -223,6 +226,10 @@ public class JdkBundle {
     return Pair.create(Pair.create(displayVersion, is64Bit), versionAndUpdate);
   }
 
+  private static boolean is64BitJVM(String archLine) {
+    return ARCH_64_BIT_PATTERN.matcher(archLine).find();
+  }
+
   public boolean isBundled() {
     return myBundled;
   }
diff --git a/platform/util-rt/src/com/intellij/openapi/util/Bitness.java b/platform/util-rt/src/com/intellij/openapi/util/Bitness.java
index 625679be8a7b..fabbb8f12977 100644
--- a/platform/util-rt/src/com/intellij/openapi/util/Bitness.java
+++ b/platform/util-rt/src/com/intellij/openapi/util/Bitness.java
@@ -17,5 +17,20 @@ package com.intellij.openapi.util;
 
 /**
 * @author egor
+* @author tav
 */
-public enum Bitness {x32, x64}
+public enum Bitness {
+  x32("x86"),
+  x64("x64");
+
+  private final String value;
+
+  Bitness(String value) {
+    this.value = value;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String toString() {
+    return value;
+  }
+}