diff --git a/srcpkgs/fftw/template b/srcpkgs/fftw/template
index 92ab7e8dc8e..a5c88128449 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/fftw/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/fftw/template
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ pre_configure() {
 	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 		# Remove test which does not work when cross compiling
 		case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-		armv[78]*) sed -i configure.ac \
+		armv[78]*|aarch64*) sed -i configure.ac \
 			-e "/dnl Check for not-always-available (not quite) cycle counters/,+26d"
 		esac
 	fi