diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 208fb7e6836..eea70b33e7e 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ case $CFG_CPUTYPE in
         CFG_OSTYPE="${CFG_OSTYPE}eabihf"
         ;;
 
-    aarch64)
+    aarch64 | arm64)
         CFG_CPUTYPE=aarch64
         ;;
 
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/bootstrap.py b/src/bootstrap/bootstrap.py
index 85e8dbce1a9..7265d183000 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/bootstrap.py
+++ b/src/bootstrap/bootstrap.py
@@ -379,6 +379,8 @@ class RustBuild(object):
             ostype += 'eabihf'
         elif cputype == 'aarch64':
             cputype = 'aarch64'
+        elif cputype == 'arm64':
+            cputype = 'aarch64'
         elif cputype == 'mips':
             if sys.byteorder == 'big':
                 cputype = 'mips'