diff --git a/pkg/de-p1st-installer/PKGBUILD b/pkg/de-p1st-installer/PKGBUILD
index 30bb12c..446bdd8 100644
--- a/pkg/de-p1st-installer/PKGBUILD
+++ b/pkg/de-p1st-installer/PKGBUILD
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 _pkgname=installer
 _reponame=arch
 pkgname="de-p1st-$_pkgname"
-pkgver=0.1.0
-pkgrel=2
+pkgver=0.1.1
+pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="Bash script to install Arch Linux"
 arch=('any')
 url="https://codeberg.org/privacy1st/${_reponame}"
diff --git a/pkg/de-p1st-installer/de-p1st-installer.sh b/pkg/de-p1st-installer/de-p1st-installer.sh
index b44dcf3..0b93848 100755
--- a/pkg/de-p1st-installer/de-p1st-installer.sh
+++ b/pkg/de-p1st-installer/de-p1st-installer.sh
@@ -152,6 +152,25 @@ function run_pacstrap() {
     ;;
   esac
 
+  # If CPU_VENDOR is not empty, then
+  if [ -n "${CPU_VENDOR}" ]; then
+    case "${CPU_VENDOR}" in
+    amd)
+      PKGS+=('de-p1st-ucode-amd')
+      ;;
+    intel)
+      PKGS+=('de-p1st-ucode-intel')
+      ;;
+    none)
+      PKGS+=('de-p1st-ucode-placeholder')
+      ;;
+    *)
+      echo "Invalid option '${CPU_VENDOR}'!"
+      return 1
+      ;;
+    esac
+  fi
+
   local args=()
   if [ "${PACSTRAP_INTERACTIVE}" = "1" ]; then
     args+=('-i')  # run interactively
@@ -286,6 +305,9 @@ function main() {
   check_network  || return $?
   # out: BIOS_TYPE, FS, HOSTNAME, USERNAME, USER_PWD, LUKS_PWD
   get_user_input || return $?
+  # in: CPU_VENDOR (optional)
+  # out: CPU_VENDOR
+  get_cpu_vendor || return $?
 
   # in: FS
   # out: FS_DEFAULT_MOUNT_OPTIONS
diff --git a/pkg/de-p1st-installer/installer.cfg b/pkg/de-p1st-installer/installer.cfg
index d8d46da..5c67d44 100644
--- a/pkg/de-p1st-installer/installer.cfg
+++ b/pkg/de-p1st-installer/installer.cfg
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ FS=BTRFS
 FS_CHOSEN_MOUNT_OPTIONS=('noatime')
 
 # If not booted into the target system, these values should be set:
-# CPU_VENDOR: "amd", "intel" or "none"
-CPU_VENDOR=none
+# CPU_VENDOR: "autodetect", "amd", "intel" or "none"
+CPU_VENDOR=autodetect
 BIOS_TYPE=uefi
 
 # If set to "1", then the data, boot and luks partitions
diff --git a/pkg/de-p1st-installer/lib/util.sh b/pkg/de-p1st-installer/lib/util.sh
index 46e5f6f..7eb55c0 100644
--- a/pkg/de-p1st-installer/lib/util.sh
+++ b/pkg/de-p1st-installer/lib/util.sh
@@ -52,22 +52,31 @@ function space_separated_to_array() {
 }
 
 function get_cpu_vendor() {
+  # @pre
+  #   CPU_VENDOR ("", "autodetect")
   # @post
-  #   CPU_VENDOR ("amd", "intel", "none")
+  #   CPU_VENDOR ("amd", "intel", "none", "")
 
-  if [ -z "${CPU_VENDOR}" ]; then
-    # if CPU_VENDOR has no value yet, ask user for input!
+  if [[ -z "${CPU_VENDOR}" ]] || [[ "${CPU_VENDOR}" == "autodetect" ]]; then
 
-    local vendor_id
-    vendor_id=$(cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep vendor_id | head -1 | sed 's|vendor_id\s*:\s*||')
+    # If run virtual environment (e.g. VirtualBox) then no CPU microcode is required
+    if cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep '^flags.*hypervisor'; then
+      echo "Detected virtual environment."
+      CPU_VENDOR="none"
 
-    if [ "$vendor_id" = "AuthenticAMD" ]; then
-      CPU_VENDOR="amd"
-    elif [ "$vendor_id" = "GenuineIntel" ]; then
-      CPU_VENDOR="intel"
     else
-      echo "Unknown CPU vendor: $vendor_id"
-      return 1
+      local vendor_id
+      vendor_id=$(cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep vendor_id | head -1 | sed 's|vendor_id\s*:\s*||')
+
+      if [ "$vendor_id" = "AuthenticAMD" ]; then
+        CPU_VENDOR="amd"
+      elif [ "$vendor_id" = "GenuineIntel" ]; then
+        CPU_VENDOR="intel"
+      else
+        echo "Unknown CPU vendor"
+        return 1
+      fi
     fi
+
   fi
 }