diff --git a/package/jpeg/Config.in b/package/jpeg/Config.in
index e2a3fd0e35..2bcf40591b 100644
--- a/package/jpeg/Config.in
+++ b/package/jpeg/Config.in
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_JPEG_SIMD_SUPPORT
        bool
        default y if BR2_X86_CPU_HAS_MMX || BR2_ARM_CPU_HAS_NEON || \
 		 BR2_POWERPC_CPU_HAS_ALTIVEC
+		 BR2_aarch64 || BR2_aarch64_be
 
 if BR2_PACKAGE_JPEG