diff --git a/Utilities/JIT.cpp b/Utilities/JIT.cpp
index c2e26bcbb3..0c5653fe6b 100644
--- a/Utilities/JIT.cpp
+++ b/Utilities/JIT.cpp
@@ -246,8 +246,9 @@ static void dummy()
 {
 }
 
-jit_compiler::jit_compiler(std::unordered_map<std::string, std::uintptr_t> init_linkage_info)
+jit_compiler::jit_compiler(std::unordered_map<std::string, std::uintptr_t> init_linkage_info, std::string _cpu)
 	: m_link(std::move(init_linkage_info))
+	, m_cpu(std::move(_cpu))
 {
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
 	m_link.emplace("__chkstk", (u64)&dummy);
@@ -259,7 +260,11 @@ jit_compiler::jit_compiler(std::unordered_map<std::string, std::uintptr_t> init_
 	llvm::InitializeNativeTarget();
 	llvm::InitializeNativeTargetAsmPrinter();
 	LLVMLinkInMCJIT();
-	m_cpu = llvm::sys::getHostCPUName();
+
+	if (m_cpu.empty())
+	{
+		m_cpu = llvm::sys::getHostCPUName();
+	}
 
 	if (m_cpu == "skylake")
 	{
diff --git a/Utilities/JIT.h b/Utilities/JIT.h
index f9e7c2f499..703b21491e 100644
--- a/Utilities/JIT.h
+++ b/Utilities/JIT.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class jit_compiler final
 	void init();
 
 public:
-	jit_compiler(std::unordered_map<std::string, std::uintptr_t>);
+	jit_compiler(std::unordered_map<std::string, std::uintptr_t>, std::string _cpu);
 	~jit_compiler();
 
 	// Compile module
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/PPUThread.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/PPUThread.cpp
index e51781480c..5aab71f230 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/PPUThread.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/PPUThread.cpp
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ cfg::map_entry<ppu_decoder_type> g_cfg_ppu_decoder(cfg::root.core, "PPU Decoder"
 
 cfg::bool_entry g_cfg_llvm_logs(cfg::root.core, "Save LLVM logs");
 
+cfg::string_entry g_cfg_llvm_cpu(cfg::root.core, "Use LLVM CPU");
+
 const ppu_decoder<ppu_interpreter_precise> s_ppu_interpreter_precise;
 const ppu_decoder<ppu_interpreter_fast> s_ppu_interpreter_fast;
 
@@ -928,7 +930,7 @@ extern void ppu_initialize(const ppu_module& info)
 			}
 		}
 
-		const auto jit = fxm::make<jit_compiler>(std::move(link_table));
+		const auto jit = fxm::make<jit_compiler>(std::move(link_table), g_cfg_llvm_cpu.get());
 
 		LOG_SUCCESS(PPU, "LLVM: JIT initialized (%s)", jit->cpu());
 	}