diff --git a/configure b/configure
index ac18ed4f3a..e69537c756 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1831,6 +1831,7 @@ fi
 : ${cross_prefix_arm="arm-linux-gnueabihf-"}
 : ${cross_prefix_armeb="$cross_prefix_arm"}
 : ${cross_prefix_hexagon="hexagon-unknown-linux-musl-"}
+: ${cross_prefix_loongarch64="loongarch64-unknown-linux-gnu-"}
 : ${cross_prefix_hppa="hppa-linux-gnu-"}
 : ${cross_prefix_i386="i686-linux-gnu-"}
 : ${cross_prefix_m68k="m68k-linux-gnu-"}