diff --git a/srcpkgs/nodejs/template b/srcpkgs/nodejs/template
index 76cfeb088a3..33d4fd11ad8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nodejs/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/nodejs/template
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ do_configure() {
 			mips*) _args="--dest-cpu=mips" ;;
 			i686*) _args="--dest-cpu=x86" ;;
 			x86_64*) _args="--dest-cpu=x86_64" ;;
+			riscv64*) _args="--dest-cpu=riscv64" ;;
 			*) msg_error "$pkgver: cannot be cross compiled for ${XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE}.\n" ;;
 		esac
 		# this is necessary - for example, normally compiling from ppc64le