diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 6a040821c6..89bd662a6a 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -6439,7 +6439,7 @@ target_name=$(echo $target | cut -d '-' -f 1)
 target_bigendian="no"
 
 case "$target_name" in
-  armeb|hppa|lm32|m68k|microblaze|mips|mipsn32|mips64|moxie|or1k|ppc|ppcemb|ppc64|ppc64abi32|s390x|sh4eb|sparc|sparc64|sparc32plus|xtensaeb)
+  armeb|aarch64_be|hppa|lm32|m68k|microblaze|mips|mipsn32|mips64|moxie|or1k|ppc|ppcemb|ppc64|ppc64abi32|s390x|sh4eb|sparc|sparc64|sparc32plus|xtensaeb)
   target_bigendian=yes
   ;;
 esac
@@ -6494,7 +6494,8 @@ case "$target_name" in
     mttcg="yes"
     gdb_xml_files="arm-core.xml arm-vfp.xml arm-vfp3.xml arm-neon.xml"
   ;;
-  aarch64)
+  aarch64|aarch64_be)
+    TARGET_ARCH=aarch64
     TARGET_BASE_ARCH=arm
     bflt="yes"
     mttcg="yes"
diff --git a/default-configs/aarch64_be-linux-user.mak b/default-configs/aarch64_be-linux-user.mak
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a69d9d2e41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/default-configs/aarch64_be-linux-user.mak
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# Default configuration for aarch64_be-linux-user