diff --git a/poky/meta/conf/machine/qemuarm64.conf b/poky/meta/conf/machine/qemuarm64.conf
index d0d6f38..fdd464d 100644
--- a/poky/meta/conf/machine/qemuarm64.conf
+++ b/poky/meta/conf/machine/qemuarm64.conf
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 
 KERNEL_IMAGETYPE = "Image"
 
+UBOOT_MACHINE ?= "qemu_arm64_defconfig"
+
 SERIAL_CONSOLES ?= "115200;ttyAMA0 115200;hvc0"
 SERIAL_CONSOLES_CHECK = "${SERIAL_CONSOLES}"