diff --git a/linux/cycles.h b/linux/cycles.h
index 51be192f..eff99e02 100644
--- a/linux/cycles.h
+++ b/linux/cycles.h
@@ -103,6 +103,20 @@ static inline cycles_t get_cycles (void)
 
 #endif
 
+/* everything else but x86, amd64 or ppc */
+#if !defined (__PPC__) && !defined (__x86_64__) && !defined (__i386__)
+
+#warning No suitable get_cycles() implementation. Returning 0 instead
+
+typedef unsigned long long cycles_t;
+
+static inline cycles_t get_cycles(void)
+{
+    return 0;
+}
+
+#endif
+
 #endif
 
 #endif /* __jack_cycles_h__ */