diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 2b1bd325625f8801269ff4b5cd9c52217a960e81..23b4081a642e77f531ece9ecc17a23af706217ee 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2782,7 +2782,7 @@ check_64bit(){
 }
 
 case "$arch" in
-    alpha|ia64)
+    aarch64|alpha|ia64)
         spic=$shared
     ;;
     mips)