diff --git a/platform/linuxbsd/godot_linuxbsd.cpp b/platform/linuxbsd/godot_linuxbsd.cpp
index 9a4372e61da..8bda6d932c1 100644
--- a/platform/linuxbsd/godot_linuxbsd.cpp
+++ b/platform/linuxbsd/godot_linuxbsd.cpp
@@ -41,6 +41,18 @@
 #include <sys/resource.h>
 #endif
 
+#if defined(__x86_64) || defined(__x86_64__)
+void __cpuid(int *r_cpuinfo, int p_info) {
+	// Note: Some compilers have a buggy `__cpuid` intrinsic, using inline assembly (based on LLVM-20 implementation) instead.
+	__asm__ __volatile__(
+			"xchgq %%rbx, %q1;"
+			"cpuid;"
+			"xchgq %%rbx, %q1;"
+			: "=a"(r_cpuinfo[0]), "=r"(r_cpuinfo[1]), "=c"(r_cpuinfo[2]), "=d"(r_cpuinfo[3])
+			: "0"(p_info));
+}
+#endif
+
 // For export templates, add a section; the exporter will patch it to enclose
 // the data appended to the executable (bundled PCK).
 #if !defined(TOOLS_ENABLED) && defined(__GNUC__)
@@ -54,6 +66,27 @@ extern "C" const char *pck_section_dummy_call() {
 #endif
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+#if defined(__x86_64) || defined(__x86_64__)
+	int cpuinfo[4];
+	__cpuid(cpuinfo, 0x01);
+
+	if (!(cpuinfo[2] & (1 << 20))) {
+		printf("A CPU with SSE4.2 instruction set support is required.\n");
+
+		int ret = system("zenity --warning --title \"Godot Engine\" --text \"A CPU with SSE4.2 instruction set support is required.\" 2> /dev/null");
+		if (ret != 0) {
+			ret = system("kdialog --title \"Godot Engine\" --sorry \"A CPU with SSE4.2 instruction set support is required.\" 2> /dev/null");
+		}
+		if (ret != 0) {
+			ret = system("Xdialog --title \"Godot Engine\" --msgbox \"A CPU with SSE4.2 instruction set support is required.\" 0 0 2> /dev/null");
+		}
+		if (ret != 0) {
+			ret = system("xmessage -center -title \"Godot Engine\" \"A CPU with SSE4.2 instruction set support is required.\" 2> /dev/null");
+		}
+		abort();
+	}
+#endif
+
 #if defined(SANITIZERS_ENABLED)
 	// Note: Set stack size to be at least 30 MB (vs 8 MB default) to avoid overflow, address sanitizer can increase stack usage up to 3 times.
 	struct rlimit stack_lim = { 0x1E00000, 0x1E00000 };