diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index eee2209..7185220 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -65,10 +65,14 @@ if [ "$RAM_AVAILABLE_IN_DOCKER" -lt "$MIN_RAM" ]; then
 fi
 
 #SSE4.2 required by Clickhouse (https://clickhouse.yandex/docs/en/operations/requirements/)
-SUPPORTS_SSE42=$(docker run --rm busybox grep -c sse4_2 /proc/cpuinfo || :);
-if (($SUPPORTS_SSE42 == 0)); then
+# On KVM, cpuinfo could falsely not report SSE 4.2 support, so skip the check. https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/20#issuecomment-226849297
+IS_KVM=$(docker run --rm busybox grep -c 'Common KVM processor' /proc/cpuinfo || :)
+if (($IS_KVM == 0)); then
+  SUPPORTS_SSE42=$(docker run --rm busybox grep -c sse4_2 /proc/cpuinfo || :)
+  if (($SUPPORTS_SSE42 == 0)); then
     echo "FAIL: The CPU your machine is running on does not support the SSE 4.2 instruction set, which is required for one of the services Sentry uses (Clickhouse). See https://git.io/JvLDt for more info."
     exit 1
+  fi
 fi
 
 # Clean up old stuff and ensure nothing is working while we install/update