diff --git a/configure b/configure
index e87a3261de..8cc9cdc139 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2788,7 +2788,7 @@ check_64bit(){
 }
 
 case "$arch" in
-    alpha|ia64)
+    aarch64|alpha|ia64)
         spic=$shared
     ;;
     mips)