diff --git a/srcpkgs/speexdsp/template b/srcpkgs/speexdsp/template
index f7874e26092..75a18e3b179 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/speexdsp/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/speexdsp/template
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 distfiles="http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/speex/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=4ae688600039f5d224bdf2e222d2fbde65608447e4c2f681585e4dca6df692f1
 
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	aarch64*) configure_args+=" --disable-neon";;
+esac
+
 speexdsp-devel_package() {
 	depends="${sourcepkg}-${version}_${revision}"
 	short_desc+=" - development files"