diff --git a/birdnet-go/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/99-run.sh b/birdnet-go/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/99-run.sh
index 3a6b6d24873..c6df187b45f 100755
--- a/birdnet-go/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/99-run.sh
+++ b/birdnet-go/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/99-run.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 # shellcheck shell=bash
 set -e
 
+if [[ "$(uname -m)" = "x86_64" && ! grep -q "avx2" /proc/cpuinfo ]]; then
+    bashio::log.fatal "❌ Your CPU is x86_64 but doesn't support AVX2. BirdNET-Go requires Intel Haswell (2013) or newer CPU with AVX2 support."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
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 # INITALISATION #
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