diff --git a/configure b/configure
index edfea9591c..02c94e2043 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4550,7 +4550,7 @@ case "$target_name" in
   *)
 esac
 case "$target_name" in
-  arm|i386|x86_64|ppcemb|ppc|ppc64|s390x)
+  aarch64|arm|i386|x86_64|ppcemb|ppc|ppc64|s390x)
     # Make sure the target and host cpus are compatible
     if test "$kvm" = "yes" -a "$target_softmmu" = "yes" -a \
       \( "$target_name" = "$cpu" -o \