diff --git a/package/libpng/libpng.mk b/package/libpng/libpng.mk
index 5c30a4f9ad..1a83c7e712 100644
--- a/package/libpng/libpng.mk
+++ b/package/libpng/libpng.mk
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ LIBPNG_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf zlib
 HOST_LIBPNG_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf host-zlib
 LIBPNG_CONFIG_SCRIPTS = libpng$(LIBPNG_SERIES)-config libpng-config
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_ARM_CPU_HAS_NEON),y)
+ifeq ($(BR2_ARM_CPU_HAS_NEON)$(BR2_aarch64),y)
 LIBPNG_CONF_OPTS += --enable-arm-neon
 else
 LIBPNG_CONF_OPTS += --disable-arm-neon