diff --git a/ggml.c b/ggml.c
index bb46d66..897d141 100644
--- a/ggml.c
+++ b/ggml.c
@@ -8427,4 +8427,12 @@ int ggml_cpu_has_blas(void) {
 #endif
 }
 
+int ggml_cpu_has_sse3(void) {
+#if defined(__SSE3__)
+    return 1;
+#else
+    return 0;
+#endif
+}
+
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/ggml.h b/ggml.h
index a217d2d..3c62d38 100644
--- a/ggml.h
+++ b/ggml.h
@@ -731,6 +731,7 @@ int ggml_cpu_has_f16c(void);
 int ggml_cpu_has_fp16_va(void);
 int ggml_cpu_has_wasm_simd(void);
 int ggml_cpu_has_blas(void);
+int ggml_cpu_has_sse3(void);
 
 #ifdef  __cplusplus
 }
diff --git a/whisper.cpp b/whisper.cpp
index d23e97f..a4b451d 100644
--- a/whisper.cpp
+++ b/whisper.cpp
@@ -2577,6 +2577,7 @@ const char * whisper_print_system_info(void) {
     s += "FP16_VA = "   + std::to_string(ggml_cpu_has_fp16_va())   + " | ";
     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())      + " | ";
 
     return s.c_str();
 }