diff --git a/pkgs/crc32c/cpu/cpu.go b/pkgs/crc32c/cpu/cpu.go
index d3fed494a..4f7834cbe 100644
--- a/pkgs/crc32c/cpu/cpu.go
+++ b/pkgs/crc32c/cpu/cpu.go
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@ package cpu
 // #include "cpu.h"
 import "C"
 
-func HasSSE41() int {
-	return int(C.has_sse41())
+func HasSSE41() bool {
+	return int(C.has_sse41()) == 1
 }
 
-func HasAVX() int {
-	return int(C.has_avx())
+func HasAVX() bool {
+	return int(C.has_avx()) == 1
 }
 
-func HasAVX2() int {
-	return int(C.has_avx2())
+func HasAVX2() bool {
+	return int(C.has_avx2()) == 1
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/crc32c/cpu/cpu_test.go b/pkgs/crc32c/cpu/cpu_test.go
index 06df00d0b..6676afd5e 100644
--- a/pkgs/crc32c/cpu/cpu_test.go
+++ b/pkgs/crc32c/cpu/cpu_test.go
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 package cpu
 
 import (
-	. "gopkg.in/check.v1"
+	"errors"
+	"os/exec"
+	"runtime"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
+
+	. "gopkg.in/check.v1"
 )
 
 func Test(t *testing.T) { TestingT(t) }
@@ -11,17 +16,47 @@ type MySuite struct{}
 
 var _ = Suite(&MySuite{})
 
+func hasCpuFeatureFromOS(feature string) (bool, error) {
+	if runtime.GOOS == "linux" {
+		command := exec.Command("/bin/cat", "/proc/cpuinfo")
+		output, err := command.Output()
+		if err != nil {
+			return false, err
+		}
+		if strings.Contains(string(output), feature) {
+			return true, nil
+		} else {
+			return false, nil
+		}
+	} else {
+		// TODO find new way to test cpu flags on windows
+		return false, errors.New("Not Implemented on this platform")
+	}
+}
+
 func (s *MySuite) TestHasSSE41(c *C) {
-	var bool = HasSSE41()
-	c.Check(bool, Equals, 1)
+	if runtime.GOOS == "linux" {
+		var flag = HasSSE41()
+		osCheck, err := hasCpuFeatureFromOS("sse4_1")
+		c.Assert(err, IsNil)
+		c.Check(flag, Equals, osCheck)
+	}
 }
 
 func (s *MySuite) TestHasAVX(c *C) {
-	var bool = HasAVX()
-	c.Check(bool, Equals, 1)
+	if runtime.GOOS == "linux" {
+		var flag = HasAVX()
+		osFlag, err := hasCpuFeatureFromOS("avx")
+		c.Assert(err, IsNil)
+		c.Check(osFlag, Equals, flag)
+	}
 }
 
 func (s *MySuite) TestHasAVX2(c *C) {
-	var bool = HasAVX2()
-	c.Check(bool, Equals, 0)
+	if runtime.GOOS == "linux" {
+		var flag = HasAVX2()
+		osFlag, err := hasCpuFeatureFromOS("avx2")
+		c.Assert(err, IsNil)
+		c.Check(osFlag, Equals, flag)
+	}
 }