diff --git a/package/nettle/nettle.mk b/package/nettle/nettle.mk
index c133839e52..a94a7fc3df 100644
--- a/package/nettle/nettle.mk
+++ b/package/nettle/nettle.mk
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ NETTLE_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING.LESSERv3 COPYINGv2
 NETTLE_CONF_OPTS = --disable-openssl
 
 # ARM assembly requires v6+ ISA
-ifeq ($(BR2_ARM_CPU_ARMV4)$(BR2_ARM_CPU_ARMV5),y)
+ifeq ($(BR2_ARM_CPU_ARMV4)$(BR2_ARM_CPU_ARMV5)$(BR2_ARM_CPU_ARMV7M),y)
 NETTLE_CONF_OPTS += --disable-assembler
 endif