diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/templates/copr-be.conf.j2 b/roles/copr/backend/templates/copr-be.conf.j2
index 6139192817..a8537e0805 100644
--- a/roles/copr/backend/templates/copr-be.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/templates/copr-be.conf.j2
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ sleeptime=20
 builds_max_workers={{ max_workers }}
 
 # Maximum number of concurrently running tasks per architecture.  Since we
-# emulate s390x and armhfp on x86_64, we give it ~25% of the x86_64 quota.
+# emulate s390x, armhfp and riscv64 on x86_64, we give it ~25% of the x86_64 quota.
 # The 32bit x86 variants (i386, i586 and i686) are in minority now, so let's
 # limit them as well.
 builds_max_workers_arch=
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ builds_max_workers_arch=
     i386={{ (max_x86_64_workers|int / 5)|int }},
     i586={{ (max_x86_64_workers|int / 4)|int }},
     i686={{ (max_x86_64_workers|int / 5)|int }},
-    ppc64le={{ max_ppc64le_workers }}
+    ppc64le={{ max_ppc64le_workers }},
+    riscv64={{ (max_x86_64_workers|int / 5)|int }}
 
 # Do not let one user waste the whole architecture capacity
 builds_max_workers_arch_per_owner=s390x=4
diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/templates/resalloc/pools.yaml.j2 b/roles/copr/backend/templates/resalloc/pools.yaml.j2
index 0fc70c55af..3c786ec4a4 100644
--- a/roles/copr/backend/templates/resalloc/pools.yaml.j2
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/templates/resalloc/pools.yaml.j2
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ aws_{{ arch }}_{{ on_demand + '_' if on_demand is not none else '' }}{% if spot
     - arch_i686_native
     - arch_armhfp
     - arch_armhfp_emulated
+    - arch_riscv64
+    - arch_riscv64_emulated
 {% else %}
     - arch_aarch64
     - arch_aarch64_native
@@ -214,6 +216,8 @@ vmhost_x86_{{ hv }}_{% if devel %}dev{% else %}prod{% endif %}:
     - arch_i686_native
     - arch_armhfp
     - arch_armhfp_emulated
+    - arch_riscv64
+    - arch_riscv64_emulated
     - hypervisor
     - hypervisor_x86_64
     - hypervisor_x86_64_{{ hv }}
diff --git a/roles/copr/frontend/files/chroots.conf b/roles/copr/frontend/files/chroots.conf
index 8e0b234cba..ca7ffaafe2 100644
--- a/roles/copr/frontend/files/chroots.conf
+++ b/roles/copr/frontend/files/chroots.conf
@@ -15,4 +15,8 @@ config["rules"] = [{
         "match_type": "arch",
         "match": ["armhfp"],
         "comment": "An emulated chroot. Builds are done on x86_64.",
+}, {
+        "match_type": "arch",
+        "match": ["riscv64"],
+        "comment": "An emulated chroot. Builds are done on x86_64 using QEMU.",
 }]