diff --git a/runtime/compiler/env/ProcessorDetection.cpp b/runtime/compiler/env/ProcessorDetection.cpp
index 2142ed43560..c028fc6cabf 100644
--- a/runtime/compiler/env/ProcessorDetection.cpp
+++ b/runtime/compiler/env/ProcessorDetection.cpp
@@ -116,6 +116,17 @@
 #include <strings.h>
 #endif
 
+#if defined(OMR_OS_WINDOWS) && defined(TR_TARGET_X86)
+#include <intrin.h>
+#elif defined(TR_TARGET_X86)
+inline unsigned long long _xgetbv(unsigned int ecx)
+   {
+   unsigned int eax, edx;
+   __asm__ __volatile__("xgetbv" : "=a"(eax), "=d"(edx) : "c"(ecx));
+   return ((unsigned long long)edx << 32) | eax;
+   }
+#endif
+
 #if defined(J9ZOS390)
 extern "C" bool _isPSWInProblemState();  /* 390 asm stub */
 #endif
@@ -296,7 +307,7 @@ void
 TR_J9VM::initializeProcessorType()
    {
    TR_ASSERT(_compInfo,"compInfo not defined");
-   
+
    if (TR::Compiler->target.cpu.isZ())
       {
       OMRProcessorDesc processorDescription = TR::Compiler->target.cpu.getProcessorDescription();
@@ -333,12 +344,42 @@ TR_J9VM::initializeProcessorType()
       {
       OMRProcessorDesc processorDescription = TR::Compiler->target.cpu.getProcessorDescription();
       OMRPORT_ACCESS_FROM_OMRPORT(TR::Compiler->omrPortLib);
-      static const bool disableAVX = feGetEnv("TR_DisableAVX") != NULL;
-      if (disableAVX)
+
+      bool disableAVX = true;
+      bool disableAVX512 = true;
+
+      // Check XCRO register for OS support of xmm/ymm/zmm
+      if (TRUE == omrsysinfo_processor_has_feature(&processorDescription, OMR_FEATURE_X86_OSXSAVE))
          {
-         omrsysinfo_processor_set_feature(&processorDescription, OMR_FEATURE_X86_OSXSAVE, FALSE);
+         // '6' = mask for XCR0[2:1]='11b' (XMM state and YMM state are enabled)
+         disableAVX = ((6 & _xgetbv(0)) != 6);
+         // 'e6' = (mask for XCR0[7:5]='111b' (Opmask, ZMM_Hi256, Hi16_ZMM) + XCR0[2:1]='11b' (XMM/YMM))
+         disableAVX512 = ((0xe6 & _xgetbv(0)) != 0xe6);
          }
-      
+
+      if(disableAVX)
+         {
+         // Unset AVX/AVX2 if not enabled via CR0 or otherwise disabled
+         omrsysinfo_processor_set_feature(&processorDescription, OMR_FEATURE_X86_AVX, FALSE);
+         omrsysinfo_processor_set_feature(&processorDescription, OMR_FEATURE_X86_AVX2, FALSE);
+         }
+
+      if (disableAVX512)
+         {
+         // Unset AVX-512 if not enabled via CR0 or otherwise disabled
+         // If other AVX-512 extensions are supported in the port library, they need to be disabled here
+         omrsysinfo_processor_set_feature(&processorDescription, OMR_FEATURE_X86_AVX512F, FALSE);
+         omrsysinfo_processor_set_feature(&processorDescription, OMR_FEATURE_X86_AVX512VL, FALSE);
+         omrsysinfo_processor_set_feature(&processorDescription, OMR_FEATURE_X86_AVX512BW, FALSE);
+         omrsysinfo_processor_set_feature(&processorDescription, OMR_FEATURE_X86_AVX512CD, FALSE);
+         omrsysinfo_processor_set_feature(&processorDescription, OMR_FEATURE_X86_AVX512DQ, FALSE);
+         omrsysinfo_processor_set_feature(&processorDescription, OMR_FEATURE_X86_AVX512_BITALG, FALSE);
+         omrsysinfo_processor_set_feature(&processorDescription, OMR_FEATURE_X86_AVX512_VBMI, FALSE);
+         omrsysinfo_processor_set_feature(&processorDescription, OMR_FEATURE_X86_AVX512_VBMI2, FALSE);
+         omrsysinfo_processor_set_feature(&processorDescription, OMR_FEATURE_X86_AVX512_VNNI, FALSE);
+         omrsysinfo_processor_set_feature(&processorDescription, OMR_FEATURE_X86_AVX512_VPOPCNTDQ, FALSE);
+         }
+
       TR::Compiler->target.cpu = TR::CPU::customize(processorDescription);
 
       const char *vendor = TR::Compiler->target.cpu.getProcessorVendorId();