diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-kernel/libpfm/libpfm4_4.10.1.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-kernel/libpfm/libpfm4_4.10.1.bb
index ff56d480435..6da0f5d9a0e 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-kernel/libpfm/libpfm4_4.10.1.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-kernel/libpfm/libpfm4_4.10.1.bb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=0de488f3bd4424e308e2e399cb99c788"
 
 SECTION = "devel"
 
-COMPATIBLE_HOST = "powerpc64"
+COMPATIBLE_HOST = "powerpc64|aarch64"
 
 SRC_URI = "${SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR}/perfmon2/${BPN}/libpfm-${PV}.tar.gz \
            file://0001-Include-poll.h-instead-of-sys-poll.h.patch \
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ EXTRA_OEMAKE = "DESTDIR=\"${D}\" PREFIX=\"${prefix}\" LIBDIR=\"${libdir}\" LDCON
 EXTRA_OEMAKE_append_powerpc = " ARCH=\"powerpc\""
 EXTRA_OEMAKE_append_powerpc64 = " ARCH=\"powerpc\" BITMODE=\"64\""
 EXTRA_OEMAKE_append_powerpc64le = " ARCH=\"powerpc\" BITMODE=\"64\""
+EXTRA_OEMAKE_append_aarch64 = " ARCH=\"arm64\""
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/libpfm-${PV}"