diff --git a/configure b/configure
index cb42269d45f3b5c0eb3bf8ac65fccc0754ebb0a9..1bab634c4326d5b42f5de5f50632df7223dffbef 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -386,6 +386,8 @@ elif check_define __s390__ ; then
   fi
 elif check_define __arm__ ; then
   cpu="arm"
+elif check_define __aarch64__ ; then
+  cpu="aarch64"
 elif check_define __hppa__ ; then
   cpu="hppa"
 else
@@ -408,6 +410,9 @@ case "$cpu" in
   armv*b|armv*l|arm)
     cpu="arm"
   ;;
+  aarch64)
+    cpu="aarch64"
+  ;;
   hppa|parisc|parisc64)
     cpu="hppa"
   ;;
@@ -4060,6 +4065,9 @@ if test "$linux" = "yes" ; then
   s390x)
     linux_arch=s390
     ;;
+  aarch64)
+    linux_arch=arm64
+    ;;
   *)
     # For most CPUs the kernel architecture name and QEMU CPU name match.
     linux_arch="$cpu"