diff --git a/src/tools/kata-ctl/src/arch/s390x/mod.rs b/src/tools/kata-ctl/src/arch/s390x/mod.rs
index 7f6a424c3b..20daa49dcd 100644
--- a/src/tools/kata-ctl/src/arch/s390x/mod.rs
+++ b/src/tools/kata-ctl/src/arch/s390x/mod.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2022 Intel Corporation
+// Copyright (c) 2022 IBM Corp.
 //
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 //
@@ -7,9 +8,44 @@
 pub use arch_specific::*;
 
 mod arch_specific {
-    use anyhow::Result;
+    use crate::check;
+    use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
+
+    const PROC_CPUINFO: &str = "/proc/cpuinfo";
+    const CPUINFO_DELIMITER: &str = "processor ";
+    const CPUINFO_FEATURES_TAG: &str = "features";
+    const CPU_FEATURES_REQ: &[&str] = &["sie"];
+
+    // check cpu
+    fn check_cpu() -> Result<()> {
+        println!("INFO: check CPU: s390x");
+
+        let cpu_info = check::get_single_cpu_info(PROC_CPUINFO, CPUINFO_DELIMITER)?;
+
+        let cpu_features = check::get_cpu_flags(&cpu_info, CPUINFO_FEATURES_TAG).map_err(|e| {
+            anyhow!(
+                "Error parsing CPU features, file {:?}, {:?}",
+                PROC_CPUINFO,
+                e
+            )
+        })?;
+
+        let missing_cpu_features = check::check_cpu_flags(&cpu_features, CPU_FEATURES_REQ)?;
+        if !missing_cpu_features.is_empty() {
+            eprintln!("WARNING: Missing CPU flags {:?}", missing_cpu_features);
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
 
     pub fn check() -> Result<()> {
-        unimplemented!("Check not implemented in s390x");
+        println!("INFO: check: s390x");
+
+        let _cpu_result = check_cpu();
+
+        // TODO: add additional checks, e.g, kernel modules as in go runtime
+        // TODO: collect outcome of tests to determine if checks pass or not
+
+        Ok(())
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/tools/kata-ctl/src/check.rs b/src/tools/kata-ctl/src/check.rs
index 63e1da5551..0e012cf53d 100644
--- a/src/tools/kata-ctl/src/check.rs
+++ b/src/tools/kata-ctl/src/check.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use std::collections::HashMap;
 const KATA_GITHUB_URL: &str =
     "https://api.github.com/repos/kata-containers/kata-containers/releases/latest";
 
-#[cfg(any(target_arch = "x86_64"))]
+#[cfg(any(target_arch = "s390x", target_arch = "x86_64"))]
 fn get_cpu_info(cpu_info_file: &str) -> Result<String> {
     let contents = std::fs::read_to_string(cpu_info_file)?;
     Ok(contents)
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ fn get_cpu_info(cpu_info_file: &str) -> Result<String> {
 
 // get_single_cpu_info returns the contents of the first cpu from
 // the specified cpuinfo file by parsing based on a specified delimiter
-#[cfg(any(target_arch = "x86_64"))]
+#[cfg(any(target_arch = "s390x", target_arch = "x86_64"))]
 pub fn get_single_cpu_info(cpu_info_file: &str, substring: &str) -> Result<String> {
     let contents = get_cpu_info(cpu_info_file)?;
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ pub fn get_single_cpu_info(cpu_info_file: &str, substring: &str) -> Result<Strin
 
 // get_cpu_flags returns a string of cpu flags from cpuinfo, passed in
 // as a string
-#[cfg(any(target_arch = "x86_64"))]
+#[cfg(any(target_arch = "s390x", target_arch = "x86_64"))]
 pub fn get_cpu_flags(cpu_info: &str, cpu_flags_tag: &str) -> Result<String> {
     if cpu_info.is_empty() {
         return Err(anyhow!("cpu_info string is empty"))?;
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ pub fn get_cpu_flags(cpu_info: &str, cpu_flags_tag: &str) -> Result<String> {
 
 // get_missing_strings searches for required (strings) in data and returns
 // a vector containing the missing strings
-#[cfg(any(target_arch = "x86_64"))]
+#[cfg(any(target_arch = "s390x", target_arch = "x86_64"))]
 fn get_missing_strings(data: &str, required: &'static [&'static str]) -> Result<Vec<String>> {
     let mut missing: Vec<String> = Vec::new();
 
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ fn get_missing_strings(data: &str, required: &'static [&'static str]) -> Result<
     Ok(missing)
 }
 
-#[cfg(any(target_arch = "x86_64"))]
+#[cfg(any(target_arch = "s390x", target_arch = "x86_64"))]
 pub fn check_cpu_flags(
     retrieved_flags: &str,
     required_flags: &'static [&'static str],
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ pub fn check_version() -> Result<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
-#[cfg(any(target_arch = "x86_64"))]
+#[cfg(any(target_arch = "s390x", target_arch = "x86_64"))]
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;