diff --git a/srcpkgs/gcc/template b/srcpkgs/gcc/template
index 4f4525f796d..ad29412e1c0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gcc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gcc/template
@@ -44,9 +44,11 @@ case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 	armv6l) _triplet="arm-linux-gnueabihf";;
 	armv7l) _triplet="arm-linux-gnueabihf7";;
 	arm*-musl) _triplet="arm-linux-musleabi";;
+	aarch64) _triplet="aarch64-linux-gnu";;
 esac
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 	*-musl) depends+=" musl";;
+	aarch64) depends+=" glibc-devel";;
 	*) subpackages+=" libsanitizer libsanitizer-devel"; depends+=" glibc-devel";;
 esac
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
@@ -75,6 +77,7 @@ do_configure() {
 		armv5*) _args+=" --with-arch=armv5te --with-float=soft";;
 		armv6l*) _args+=" --with-arch=armv6 --with-fpu=vfp --with-float=hard";;
 		armv7l*) _args+=" --with-arch=armv7-a --with-fpu=vfpv3 --with-float=hard";;
+		aarch64*) _args+=" --with-arch=armv8-a";;
 	esac
 
 	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
@@ -86,7 +89,7 @@ do_configure() {
 		_args+=" --disable-multilib --host=$XBPS_CROSS_TRIPLET --with-build-sysroot=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}"
 	else
 		case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-			arm*) _args+=" --build=${_triplet}";;
+			arm*|aarch64*) _args+=" --build=${_triplet}";;
 		esac
 		_langs="c,c++,objc,obj-c++,fortran,lto,go,java"
 		_args+=" --enable-java-gc=boehm --enable-fast-character"
@@ -103,6 +106,7 @@ do_configure() {
 	fi
 	case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 		*-musl) _args+=" --disable-libsanitizer";;
+		aarch64*) _args+=" --disable-libsanitizer";;
 	esac
 
 	export CFLAGS="${CFLAGS/-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2/}"
@@ -135,7 +139,7 @@ pre_install() {
 }
 do_install() {
 	case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-	x86_64*)
+	x86_64*|aarch64*)
 		vmkdir usr/lib
 		ln -sfr ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib64
 		;;