diff --git a/ggml/src/CMakeLists.txt b/ggml/src/CMakeLists.txt
index eae8b8d83..43d9fc4fe 100644
--- a/ggml/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ggml/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -287,6 +287,7 @@ if (GGML_CPU_ALL_VARIANTS)
     if (NOT GGML_BACKEND_DL)
         message(FATAL_ERROR "GGML_CPU_ALL_VARIANTS requires GGML_BACKEND_DL")
     endif()
+    ggml_add_cpu_backend_variant(x64)
     ggml_add_cpu_backend_variant(sse42        SSE42)
     ggml_add_cpu_backend_variant(sandybridge  SSE42 AVX)
     ggml_add_cpu_backend_variant(haswell      SSE42 AVX F16C AVX2 BMI2 FMA)
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/cpu-feats-x86.cpp b/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/cpu-feats-x86.cpp
index 902ee4346..d775a0363 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/cpu-feats-x86.cpp
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/cpu-feats-x86.cpp
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ void test_x86_is() {
 static int ggml_backend_cpu_x86_score() {
     // FIXME: this does not check for OS support
 
-    int score = 0;
+    int score = 1;
     cpuid_x86 is;
 
 #ifdef GGML_FMA