diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c12bc61f4a095..8d3fd3ee83f61 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ endif
 # TODO: probably these flags need to be tweaked on some architectures
 #       feel free to update the Makefile for your architecture and send a pull request or issue
 
-ifndef RISCV
+ifndef RISCV_CROSS_COMPILE
 
 ifeq ($(UNAME_M),$(filter $(UNAME_M),x86_64 i686 amd64))
 	# Use all CPU extensions that are available:
@@ -514,7 +514,12 @@ ifneq ($(filter loongarch64%,$(UNAME_M)),)
 	MK_CXXFLAGS += -mlasx
 endif
 
-else
+ifneq ($(filter riscv64%,$(UNAME_M)),)
+	MK_CFLAGS   += -march=rv64gcv -mabi=lp64d
+	MK_CXXFLAGS += -march=rv64gcv -mabi=lp64d
+endif
+
+else # RISC-V CROSS COMPILATION
 	MK_CFLAGS   += -march=rv64gcv -mabi=lp64d
 	MK_CXXFLAGS += -march=rv64gcv -mabi=lp64d
 endif
diff --git a/common/common.cpp b/common/common.cpp
index 30c6e84c795f7..c492ae0cc66d0 100644
--- a/common/common.cpp
+++ b/common/common.cpp
@@ -1828,6 +1828,7 @@ void yaml_dump_non_result_info(FILE * stream, const gpt_params & params, const l
     fprintf(stream, "cpu_has_sve: %s\n",         ggml_cpu_has_sve()         ? "true" : "false");
     fprintf(stream, "cpu_has_f16c: %s\n",        ggml_cpu_has_f16c()        ? "true" : "false");
     fprintf(stream, "cpu_has_fp16_va: %s\n",     ggml_cpu_has_fp16_va()     ? "true" : "false");
+    fprintf(stream, "cpu_has_riscv_v: %s\n",     ggml_cpu_has_riscv_v()     ? "true" : "false");
     fprintf(stream, "cpu_has_wasm_simd: %s\n",   ggml_cpu_has_wasm_simd()   ? "true" : "false");
     fprintf(stream, "cpu_has_blas: %s\n",        ggml_cpu_has_blas()        ? "true" : "false");
     fprintf(stream, "cpu_has_sse3: %s\n",        ggml_cpu_has_sse3()        ? "true" : "false");
diff --git a/ggml/include/ggml.h b/ggml/include/ggml.h
index 86ad6fb6224d5..13026ab32e663 100644
--- a/ggml/include/ggml.h
+++ b/ggml/include/ggml.h
@@ -2470,6 +2470,7 @@ extern "C" {
     GGML_API int ggml_cpu_has_gpublas    (void);
     GGML_API int ggml_cpu_has_sse3       (void);
     GGML_API int ggml_cpu_has_ssse3      (void);
+    GGML_API int ggml_cpu_has_riscv_v    (void);
     GGML_API int ggml_cpu_has_sycl       (void);
     GGML_API int ggml_cpu_has_rpc        (void);
     GGML_API int ggml_cpu_has_vsx        (void);
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml.c b/ggml/src/ggml.c
index f453f56b1979e..73359457f3492 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml.c
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml.c
@@ -23288,6 +23288,14 @@ int ggml_cpu_has_arm_fma(void) {
 #endif
 }
 
+int ggml_cpu_has_riscv_v(void) {
+#if defined(__riscv_v_intrinsic)
+    return 1;
+#else
+    return 0;
+#endif
+}
+
 int ggml_cpu_has_metal(void) {
 #if defined(GGML_USE_METAL)
     return 1;
diff --git a/src/llama.cpp b/src/llama.cpp
index bb51f086f3a1f..78999e5fab909 100644
--- a/src/llama.cpp
+++ b/src/llama.cpp
@@ -20677,6 +20677,7 @@ const char * llama_print_system_info(void) {
     s += "ARM_FMA = "     + std::to_string(ggml_cpu_has_arm_fma())     + " | ";
     s += "F16C = "        + std::to_string(ggml_cpu_has_f16c())        + " | ";
     s += "FP16_VA = "     + std::to_string(ggml_cpu_has_fp16_va())     + " | ";
+    s += "RISCV_VECT = "  + std::to_string(ggml_cpu_has_riscv_v())     + " | ";
     s += "WASM_SIMD = "   + std::to_string(ggml_cpu_has_wasm_simd())   + " | ";
     s += "BLAS = "        + std::to_string(ggml_cpu_has_blas())        + " | ";
     s += "SSE3 = "        + std::to_string(ggml_cpu_has_sse3())        + " | ";