diff -ruN a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
--- a/configure.ac	2014-11-17 15:17:03.671908297 +0100
+++ b/configure.ac	2014-11-17 15:19:20.990058779 +0100
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
 	[arm*], [ARCHTYPE="arm"],
 	[mips*], [ARCHTYPE="mips"],
 	[tile*], [ARCHTYPE="gcc"],
+	[aarch64], [ARCHTYPE="gcc"],
 	[ARCHTYPE="unknown"]
 )