diff --git a/common/cmake/dpcpp.cmake b/common/cmake/dpcpp.cmake
index a15c179ab9..fac8c77199 100644
--- a/common/cmake/dpcpp.cmake
+++ b/common/cmake/dpcpp.cmake
@@ -7,11 +7,28 @@ MACRO(_SET_IF_EMPTY VAR VALUE)
   ENDIF()
 ENDMACRO()
 
-_SET_IF_EMPTY(FLAGS_SSE2  "-msse2")
-_SET_IF_EMPTY(FLAGS_SSE42 "-msse4.2")
-_SET_IF_EMPTY(FLAGS_AVX   "-mavx")
-_SET_IF_EMPTY(FLAGS_AVX2  "-mf16c -mavx2 -mfma -mlzcnt -mbmi -mbmi2")
-_SET_IF_EMPTY(FLAGS_AVX512 "-march=skx")
+IF (EMBREE_ARM)
+  IF ("x86_64" IN_LIST CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES)
+    # set ARM an x86 flags for macOS universal binary build
+    SET(FLAGS_SSE2 "-D__SSE__ -D__SSE2__ -msse -msse2 -mno-sse4.2")
+    SET(FLAGS_SSE42 "-D__SSE4_2__  -D__SSE4_1__ -msse4.2")
+    SET(FLAGS_AVX "-D__AVX__ -D__SSE4_2__  -D__SSE4_1__  -D__BMI__ -D__BMI2__ -D__LZCNT__ -mavx")
+    SET(FLAGS_AVX2 "-D__AVX2__ -D__AVX__ -D__SSE4_2__  -D__SSE4_1__  -D__BMI__ -D__BMI2__ -D__LZCNT__ -mf16c -mavx2 -mfma -mlzcnt -mbmi -mbmi2")
+    _SET_IF_EMPTY(FLAGS_AVX512 "-march=skx")
+  ELSE ()
+    SET(FLAGS_SSE2 "-D__SSE__ -D__SSE2__")
+    SET(FLAGS_SSE42 "-D__SSE4_2__  -D__SSE4_1__")
+    SET(FLAGS_AVX "-D__AVX__ -D__SSE4_2__  -D__SSE4_1__  -D__BMI__ -D__BMI2__ -D__LZCNT__")
+    SET(FLAGS_AVX2 "-D__AVX2__ -D__AVX__ -D__SSE4_2__  -D__SSE4_1__  -D__BMI__ -D__BMI2__ -D__LZCNT__")
+  ENDIF ()
+ELSE ()
+  # for `thread` keyword
+  _SET_IF_EMPTY(FLAGS_SSE2  "-msse -msse2 -mno-sse4.2")
+  _SET_IF_EMPTY(FLAGS_SSE42 "-msse4.2")
+  _SET_IF_EMPTY(FLAGS_AVX   "-mavx")
+  _SET_IF_EMPTY(FLAGS_AVX2  "-mf16c -mavx2 -mfma -mlzcnt -mbmi -mbmi2")
+  _SET_IF_EMPTY(FLAGS_AVX512 "-march=skx")
+ENDIF ()
 
 IF (NOT WIN32)
   OPTION(EMBREE_IGNORE_CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "When enabled Embree ignores default CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS." ON)