diff --git a/debian/resources/ioncube.sh b/debian/resources/ioncube.sh
index 81aa071..4f2dd26 100755
--- a/debian/resources/ioncube.sh
+++ b/debian/resources/ioncube.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ if [ -d "ioncube" ]; then
         rm -Rf ioncube;
 fi
 
+#get the ioncube load and unzip it
 if [ .$cpu_architecture = .'x86' ]; then
+
 	#get the ioncube 64 bit loader
 	wget https://downloads.ioncube.com/loader_downloads/ioncube_loaders_lin_x86-64.zip
 
@@ -25,6 +27,20 @@ if [ .$cpu_architecture = .'x86' ]; then
 
 	#remove the zip file
 	rm ioncube_loaders_lin_x86-64.zip
+
+elif [ ."$cpu_architecture" = ."arm" ]; then
+	if [ .$cpu_name = .'armv7l' ]; then
+
+		#get the ioncube 64 bit loader
+		https://downloads.ioncube.com/loader_downloads/ioncube_loaders_lin_armv7l.zip
+
+		#uncompress the file
+		unzip ioncube_loaders_lin_armv7l.zip
+
+		#remove the zip file
+		rm ioncube_loaders_lin_armv7l.zip
+	
+	fi
 fi
 
 #copy the loader to the correct directory