diff --git a/src/util/virarch.c b/src/util/virarch.c
index 694eba18bb..9e88c68b72 100644
--- a/src/util/virarch.c
+++ b/src/util/virarch.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ static const struct virArchData {
     { "armv6l",       32, VIR_ARCH_LITTLE_ENDIAN },
     { "armv7l",       32, VIR_ARCH_LITTLE_ENDIAN },
     { "armv7b",       32, VIR_ARCH_BIG_ENDIAN },
+    { "aarch64",      64, VIR_ARCH_LITTLE_ENDIAN },
 
     { "cris",         32, VIR_ARCH_LITTLE_ENDIAN },
     { "i686",         32, VIR_ARCH_LITTLE_ENDIAN },
diff --git a/src/util/virarch.h b/src/util/virarch.h
index 3530f7c9e6..d0bf9d9182 100644
--- a/src/util/virarch.h
+++ b/src/util/virarch.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ typedef enum {
     VIR_ARCH_ARMV6L,       /* ARMv6       32 LE http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_architecture */
     VIR_ARCH_ARMV7L,       /* ARMv7       32 LE http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_architecture */
     VIR_ARCH_ARMV7B,       /* ARMv7       32 BE http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_architecture */
+    VIR_ARCH_AARCH64,      /* ARMv8       64 LE http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_architecture */
 
     VIR_ARCH_CRIS,         /* ETRAX       32 LE http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ETRAX_CRIS */
     VIR_ARCH_I686,         /* x86         32 LE http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86 */