diff --git a/make/defs.mk b/make/defs.mk
index 2ca182bf..3fd06518 100644
--- a/make/defs.mk
+++ b/make/defs.mk
@@ -127,6 +127,9 @@ ifndef ARCH
   else ifeq ($(shell uname -m),armv6l)
     ARCH               = armv6hl
     SYSTEM_LIBDIR      = /usr/lib
+  else ifeq ($(shell uname -m),aarch64)
+    ARCH               = aarch64
+    SYSTEM_LIBDIR      = /usr/lib
   else ifeq ($(shell uname -m),x86_64)
     ARCH             = x86_64
     SYSTEM_LIBDIR    = /usr/lib64
@@ -144,9 +147,13 @@ PROJECT_LDFLAGS       += -m32
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(ARCH),armv7hl)
-PROJECT_CFLAGS        += -fPIC
-PROJECT_CPPFLAGS      += -fPIC
-PROJECT_LDFLAGS       +=
+  PROJECT_CFLAGS        += -fPIC
+  PROJECT_CPPFLAGS      += -fPIC
+  PROJECT_LDFLAGS       +=
+else ifeq ($(ARCH),aarch64)
+  PROJECT_CFLAGS        += -fPIC
+  PROJECT_CPPFLAGS      += -fPIC
+  PROJECT_LDFLAGS       +=
 endif
 
 JANWARE_USER          ?= $(shell id -un)