diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0128839e29..dff6aeb2f3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ ARCH:=$(call qstrip,$(BR2_ARCH))
 KERNEL_ARCH:=$(shell echo "$(ARCH)" | sed -e "s/-.*//" \
 	-e s/i.86/i386/ -e s/sun4u/sparc64/ \
 	-e s/arm.*/arm/ -e s/sa110/arm/ \
+	-e s/aarch64/arm64/ \
 	-e s/bfin/blackfin/ \
 	-e s/parisc64/parisc/ \
 	-e s/powerpc64/powerpc/ \