diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-kernel/makedumpfile/makedumpfile_1.6.4.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-kernel/makedumpfile/makedumpfile_1.6.4.bb
index 629e251..33194b8 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-kernel/makedumpfile/makedumpfile_1.6.4.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-kernel/makedumpfile/makedumpfile_1.6.4.bb
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@
 DEPENDS = "bzip2 zlib elfutils"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-tools = "perl ${PN}"
 
-# arm would compile but has never been tested upstream.  mips would not compile.
+# arm and aarch64 would compile but has never been tested upstream.  mips would not compile.
 #
-COMPATIBLE_HOST = "(x86_64|i.86|powerpc|arm).*-linux"
+COMPATIBLE_HOST = "(x86_64|i.86|powerpc|arm|aarch64).*-linux"
 
 PACKAGES =+ "${PN}-tools"
 FILES_${PN}-tools = "${bindir}/*.pl"