diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 680126d..4c4d565 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME}
    src/screen_service.hpp src/screen_service.cpp
    src/config.cpp src/config.hpp
    src/utils.cpp src/utils.hpp
+   src/cpu.cpp src/cpu.hpp
    src/initcpio.cpp src/initcpio.hpp
    src/disk.cpp src/disk.hpp
    src/drivers.cpp src/drivers.hpp
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index cf3522c..d457b77 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ src_files = files(
     'src/screen_service.hpp', 'src/screen_service.cpp',
     'src/config.cpp', 'src/config.hpp',
     'src/utils.cpp', 'src/utils.hpp',
+    'src/cpu.cpp', 'src/cpu.hpp',
     'src/initcpio.cpp', 'src/initcpio.hpp',
     'src/disk.cpp', 'src/disk.hpp',
     'src/drivers.cpp', 'src/drivers.hpp',
diff --git a/src/cpu.cpp b/src/cpu.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e3d1242
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cpu.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+#include "cpu.hpp"
+
+#include <sys/utsname.h>  // for uname
+
+#include <cstdint>
+
+#include <spdlog/spdlog.h>
+
+namespace utils {
+
+namespace {
+
+static uint64_t xgetbv(void) noexcept {
+    uint32_t eax{};
+    uint32_t edx{};
+    __asm__ __volatile__("xgetbv\n"
+                         : "=a"(eax), "=d"(edx)
+                         : "c"(0));
+    return (static_cast<uint64_t>(edx) << 32) | eax;
+}
+
+static void cpuid(uint32_t out[4], uint32_t id) noexcept {
+    __asm__ __volatile__("cpuid\n"
+                         : "=a"(out[0]), "=b"(out[1]), "=c"(out[2]), "=d"(out[3])
+                         : "a"(id));
+}
+
+static void cpuidex(uint32_t out[4], uint32_t id, uint32_t sid) noexcept {
+    __asm__ __volatile__("cpuid\n"
+                         : "=a"(out[0]), "=b"(out[1]), "=c"(out[2]), "=d"(out[3])
+                         : "a"(id), "c"(sid));
+}
+
+enum cpu_feature {
+    SSE2     = 1 << 0,
+    SSSE3    = 1 << 1,
+    SSE41    = 1 << 2,
+    SSE42    = 1 << 3,
+    AVX      = 1 << 4,
+    AVX2     = 1 << 5,
+    AVX512F  = 1 << 6,
+    AVX512BW = 1 << 7,
+    AVX512CD = 1 << 8,
+    AVX512DQ = 1 << 9,
+    AVX512VL = 1 << 10,
+    /* ... */
+    UNDEFINED = 1 << 30
+};
+
+static int32_t g_cpu_features = UNDEFINED;
+
+static int32_t get_cpu_features() noexcept {
+    if (g_cpu_features != UNDEFINED) {
+        return g_cpu_features;
+    }
+#if defined(__x86_64__) || defined(__i386__)
+    uint32_t regs[4]{};
+    uint32_t *eax{&regs[0]}, *ebx{&regs[1]}, *ecx{&regs[2]}, *edx{&regs[3]};
+    static_cast<void>(edx);
+    int32_t features = 0;
+    cpuid(regs, 0);
+    const int32_t max_id = static_cast<int32_t>(*eax);
+    cpuid(regs, 1);
+#if defined(__amd64__)
+    features |= SSE2;
+#else
+    if (*edx & (1UL << 26))
+        features |= SSE2;
+#endif
+    if (*ecx & (1UL << 0))
+        features |= SSSE3;
+    if (*ecx & (1UL << 19))
+        features |= SSE41;
+    if (*ecx & (1UL << 20))
+        features |= SSE42;
+
+    if (*ecx & (1UL << 27)) {  // OSXSAVE
+        const uint64_t mask = xgetbv();
+        if ((mask & 6) == 6) {  // SSE and AVX states
+            if (*ecx & (1UL << 28))
+                features |= AVX;
+            if (max_id >= 7) {
+                cpuidex(regs, 7, 0);
+                if (*ebx & (1UL << 5))
+                    features |= AVX2;
+                if ((mask & 224) == 224) {  // Opmask, ZMM_Hi256, Hi16_Zmm
+                    if (*ebx & (1UL << 31))
+                        features |= AVX512VL;
+                    if (*ebx & (1UL << 16))
+                        features |= AVX512F;
+                    if (*ebx & (1UL << 30))
+                        features |= AVX512BW;
+                    if (*ebx & (1UL << 28))
+                        features |= AVX512CD;
+                    if (*ebx & (1UL << 17))
+                        features |= AVX512DQ;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    g_cpu_features = features;
+    return features;
+#else
+    /* How to detect NEON? */
+    return 0;
+#endif
+}
+
+}  // namespace
+
+auto get_isa_levels() noexcept -> std::vector<std::string> {
+    std::vector<std::string> supported_isa_levels;
+
+    {
+        struct utsname un;
+        uname(&un);
+        supported_isa_levels.push_back(std::string{un.machine});
+    }
+
+    const int32_t features = get_cpu_features();
+
+    /* Check for x86_64_v2 */
+    const bool supports_v2 = (features & SSSE3) && (features & SSE41) && (features & SSE42);
+    if (supports_v2) {
+        spdlog::info("cpu supports x86_64_v2");
+        supported_isa_levels.push_back("x86_64_v2");
+    }
+
+    /* Check for x86_64_v3 */
+    const bool supports_v3 = (supports_v2) && (features & AVX) && (features & AVX2);
+    if (supports_v3) {
+        spdlog::info("cpu supports x86_64_v3");
+        supported_isa_levels.push_back("x86_64_v3");
+    }
+
+    /* Check for x86_64_v4 */
+    const bool supports_v4 = (supports_v3) && (features & AVX512F) && (features & AVX512VL) && (features & AVX512BW) && (features & AVX512CD) && (features & AVX512DQ);
+    if (supports_v4) {
+        spdlog::info("cpu supports x86_64_v4");
+        supported_isa_levels.push_back("x86_64_v4");
+    }
+
+    return supported_isa_levels;
+}
+
+}  // namespace utils
diff --git a/src/cpu.hpp b/src/cpu.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c4d6b93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cpu.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#ifndef CPU_HPP
+#define CPU_HPP
+
+#include <string>  // for string
+#include <vector>  // for vector
+
+namespace utils {
+
+auto get_isa_levels() noexcept -> std::vector<std::string>;
+
+}  // namespace utils
+
+#endif  // CPU_HPP
diff --git a/src/utils.cpp b/src/utils.cpp
index 7e05cd5..9b658f5 100644
--- a/src/utils.cpp
+++ b/src/utils.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include "utils.hpp"
 #include "config.hpp"
+#include "cpu.hpp"
 #include "definitions.hpp"
 #include "follow_process_log.hpp"
 #include "initcpio.hpp"
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@
 #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wold-style-cast"
 #endif
 
+#include <range/v3/algorithm/contains.hpp>
 #include <range/v3/algorithm/for_each.hpp>
 #include <range/v3/algorithm/reverse.hpp>
 #include <range/v3/algorithm/search.hpp>
@@ -1488,8 +1490,8 @@ void id_system() noexcept {
 }
 
 void try_v3() noexcept {
-    const auto& ret_status = utils::exec("/lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 --help|grep 'x86-64-v3 ('|awk '{print $1}' 2> /dev/null");
-    if (ret_status != "x86-64-v3") {
+    const auto& isa_levels = utils::get_isa_levels();
+    if (ranges::contains(isa_levels, "x86-64-v3")) {
         spdlog::warn("x86-64-v3 is not supported");
         return;
     }