diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3b20325ba603f0efb980332c7e5b2817dec40005..8e58179bec9b46a407ad9faa57853da1578f4740 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([OPUS_PATH_NE10],
 AS_IF([test x"$enable_intrinsics" = x"yes"],[
    intrinsics_support=""
    AS_CASE([$host_cpu],
-   [arm*],
+   [arm*|aarch64*],
    [
       cpu_arm=yes
       OPUS_CHECK_INTRINSICS(