diff --git a/racket/src/racket/mksystem.rkt b/racket/src/racket/mksystem.rkt
index 061873d2dd..a493d77623 100644
--- a/racket/src/racket/mksystem.rkt
+++ b/racket/src/racket/mksystem.rkt
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
                       '3m ; GC mode for suffixless executables
                       (if (string=? "" (vector-ref args 2))
                           '3m
-                          'cgc)) 
+                          'cgc))
+              'vm (system-type 'vm)
               'link (system-type 'link)
               'machine (bytes->string/utf-8 (path->bytes (system-library-subpath #f)))
               'so-suffix (system-type 'so-suffix)
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@
                             'gc (if (string=? "" (vector-ref args 2))
                                     '3m
                                     'cgc)
+                            'vm 'racket
                             'link (get-symbol "system_type_link")
                             'machine library-subpath
                             'so-suffix (string->bytes/utf-8 (get-string "system_type_so_suffix"))