diff --git a/emulators/pcsx2/Makefile b/emulators/pcsx2/Makefile
index ee09f40b5634..a9c78013c9a4 100644
--- a/emulators/pcsx2/Makefile
+++ b/emulators/pcsx2/Makefile
@@ -46,6 +46,16 @@ USE_SDL=	sdl2
 USE_XORG=	ice x11 xcb xext xpm xrandr
 USE_QT=		base tools
 
+# SSE 4.1 instructions are a hard requirement, if CPUTYPE is defined
+# use whatever is set and let the build fail if it fails below
+# baseline requirements. If it's undefined set penryn as target
+# as it's the oldest CPU arch that supports SSE 4.1
+.if defined(CPUTYPE)
+EXTRA_PATCHES=	${PATCHDIR}/extra-patch-no-march-native
+.else
+EXTRA_PATCHES=	${PATCHDIR}/extra-patch-no-march-minimum-req
+.endif
+
 # See: cmake/BuildParameters.cmake
 CMAKE_ARGS+=	\
 		-DCMAKE_REQUIRED_INCLUDES:STRING=${LOCALBASE}/include/ \
diff --git a/emulators/pcsx2/files/extra-patch-no-march-minimum-req b/emulators/pcsx2/files/extra-patch-no-march-minimum-req
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1cc08427ac82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/emulators/pcsx2/files/extra-patch-no-march-minimum-req
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Allow relocation of resource files
+
+--- cmake/BuildParameters.cmake.orig	2023-06-25 15:34:40 UTC
++++ cmake/BuildParameters.cmake
+@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ if(${PCSX2_TARGET_ARCHITECTURES} MATCHES "x86_64")
+ 			endif()
+ 		else()
+ 			#set(ARCH_FLAG "-march=native -fabi-version=6")
+-			set(ARCH_FLAG "-march=native")
++			set(ARCH_FLAG "-march=penryn")
+ 		endif()
+ 	endif()
+ 	list(APPEND PCSX2_DEFS _ARCH_64=1 _M_X86=1)
diff --git a/emulators/pcsx2/files/extra-patch-no-march-native b/emulators/pcsx2/files/extra-patch-no-march-native
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2a9f598e6640
--- /dev/null
+++ b/emulators/pcsx2/files/extra-patch-no-march-native
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Allow relocation of resource files
+
+--- cmake/BuildParameters.cmake.orig	2023-06-25 15:34:40 UTC
++++ cmake/BuildParameters.cmake
+@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ if(${PCSX2_TARGET_ARCHITECTURES} MATCHES "x86_64")
+ 			endif()
+ 		else()
+ 			#set(ARCH_FLAG "-march=native -fabi-version=6")
+-			set(ARCH_FLAG "-march=native")
++			#set(ARCH_FLAG "-march=native")
+ 		endif()
+ 	endif()
+ 	list(APPEND PCSX2_DEFS _ARCH_64=1 _M_X86=1)