diff --git a/sys/arm64/conf/DEFAULTS b/sys/arm64/conf/DEFAULTS
index 0ca6448d1396..8f6d58facfd3 100644
--- a/sys/arm64/conf/DEFAULTS
+++ b/sys/arm64/conf/DEFAULTS
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #
 # $FreeBSD$
 
-machine		arm64
+machine		arm64 aarch64
 
 # Pseudo devices.
 device		mem		# Memory and kernel memory devices