diff --git a/ports/libmysql/linux_libmysql.patch b/ports/libmysql/linux_libmysql.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..8e4e80cece8173
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/libmysql/linux_libmysql.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+--- a/configure.cmake
++++ b/configure.cmake
+@@ -456,7 +456,11 @@
+ ENDIF()
+ 
+ IF(NOT CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING AND NOT MSVC)
+-  STRING(TOLOWER ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR}  processor)
++  IF(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR})
++    STRING(TOLOWER ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR} processor)
++  ELSE()
++    STRING(TOLOWER ${CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR} processor)
++  ENDIF()
+   IF(processor MATCHES "86" OR processor MATCHES "amd64" OR processor MATCHES "x64")
+     IF(NOT CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "SunOS")
+       # The loader in some Solaris versions has a bug due to which it refuses to
+
diff --git a/ports/libmysql/portfile.cmake b/ports/libmysql/portfile.cmake
index dfd38c41c0158c..75553a75c1492d 100644
--- a/ports/libmysql/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/libmysql/portfile.cmake
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ vcpkg_apply_patches(
     PATCHES
         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/ignore-boost-version.patch
         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/system-libs.patch
+        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/linux_libmysql.patch
 )
 
 file(REMOVE_RECURSE ${SOURCE_PATH}/include/boost_1_65_0)