diff --git a/stand/efi/loader/bootinfo.c b/stand/efi/loader/bootinfo.c
index 33674f1ccc1..41656399cfa 100644
--- a/stand/efi/loader/bootinfo.c
+++ b/stand/efi/loader/bootinfo.c
@@ -455,9 +455,15 @@ bi_load(char *args, vm_offset_t *modulep, vm_offset_t *kernendp, bool exit_bs)
 	module = *modulep;
 	file_addmetadata(kfp, MODINFOMD_MODULEP, sizeof(module), &module);
 #endif
-#if defined(EFI) && !defined(__i386__)
+#ifdef EFI
+#ifndef __i386__
 	file_addmetadata(kfp, MODINFOMD_FW_HANDLE, sizeof(ST), &ST);
 #endif
+#if defined(__amd64__) || defined(__i386__)
+	file_addmetadata(kfp, MODINFOMD_EFI_ARCH, sizeof(MACHINE_ARCH),
+	    MACHINE_ARCH);
+#endif
+#endif
 #ifdef LOADER_GELI_SUPPORT
 	geli_export_key_metadata(kfp);
 #endif
diff --git a/sys/amd64/amd64/machdep.c b/sys/amd64/amd64/machdep.c
index ea0f164b2e5..9644e167d54 100644
--- a/sys/amd64/amd64/machdep.c
+++ b/sys/amd64/amd64/machdep.c
@@ -1691,6 +1691,27 @@ SYSCTL_PROC(_machdep, OID_AUTO, efi_map,
     efi_map_sysctl_handler, "S,efi_map_header",
     "Raw EFI Memory Map");
 
+static int
+efi_arch_sysctl_handler(SYSCTL_HANDLER_ARGS)
+{
+	char *arch;
+	caddr_t kmdp;
+
+	kmdp = preload_search_by_type("elf kernel");
+	if (kmdp == NULL)
+		kmdp = preload_search_by_type("elf64 kernel");
+
+	arch = (char *)preload_search_info(kmdp,
+	    MODINFO_METADATA | MODINFOMD_EFI_ARCH);
+	if (arch == NULL)
+		return (0);
+
+	return (SYSCTL_OUT_STR(req, arch));
+}
+SYSCTL_PROC(_machdep, OID_AUTO, efi_arch,
+    CTLTYPE_STRING | CTLFLAG_RD | CTLFLAG_MPSAFE, NULL, 0,
+    efi_arch_sysctl_handler, "A", "EFI Firmware Architecture");
+
 void
 spinlock_enter(void)
 {
diff --git a/sys/x86/include/metadata.h b/sys/x86/include/metadata.h
index dbc6d3275e5..b3eb4b16c1b 100644
--- a/sys/x86/include/metadata.h
+++ b/sys/x86/include/metadata.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #define	MODINFOMD_EFI_FB	0x1005
 #define	MODINFOMD_MODULEP	0x1006
 #define	MODINFOMD_VBE_FB	0x1007
+#define	MODINFOMD_EFI_ARCH	0x1008
 
 struct efi_map_header {
 	uint64_t	memory_size;