diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7569ed52..b5455117 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 - Fixed insecure deserialization vulnerability in YAML loading @0x1622 (#2770)
+- loader: gracefully handle ELF files with unsupported architectures kamranulhaq2002@gmail.com #2800
 
 ### capa Explorer Web
 
diff --git a/capa/loader.py b/capa/loader.py
index 448aeee0..c5446897 100644
--- a/capa/loader.py
+++ b/capa/loader.py
@@ -179,8 +179,15 @@ def get_workspace(path: Path, input_format: str, sigpaths: list[Path]):
     except Exception as e:
         # vivisect raises raw Exception instances, and we don't want
         # to do a subclass check via isinstance.
-        if type(e) is Exception and "Couldn't convert rva" in e.args[0]:
-            raise CorruptFile(e.args[0]) from e
+        if type(e) is Exception and e.args:
+            error_msg = str(e.args[0])
+
+            if "Couldn't convert rva" in error_msg:
+                raise CorruptFile(error_msg) from e
+            elif "Unsupported Architecture" in error_msg:
+                # Extract architecture number if available
+                arch_info = e.args[1] if len(e.args) > 1 else "unknown"
+                raise CorruptFile(f"Unsupported architecture: {arch_info}") from e
         raise
 
     viv_utils.flirt.register_flirt_signature_analyzers(vw, [str(s) for s in sigpaths])