diff --git a/recipes-extended/libpoco/libpoco/9258e482d71f327020efa10b873b9623458f2985.patch b/recipes-extended/libpoco/libpoco/9258e482d71f327020efa10b873b9623458f2985.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..83a7b14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-extended/libpoco/libpoco/9258e482d71f327020efa10b873b9623458f2985.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+From 9258e482d71f327020efa10b873b9623458f2985 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Aleksandar Fabijanic <alex@pocoproject.org>
+Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 10:46:52 -0500
+Subject: [PATCH] GH #508: Can't compile for arm64 architecture
+
+Upstream-Status: Backport [from version 1.5.4]
+---
+ Foundation/src/utils.h | 3 ++-
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/Foundation/src/utils.h b/Foundation/src/utils.h
+index dbd61a3..a25757c 100644
+--- a/Foundation/src/utils.h
++++ b/Foundation/src/utils.h
+@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@
+     defined(__mips__) || defined(__powerpc__) || \
+     defined(__sparc__) || defined(__sparc) || defined(__s390__) || \
+     defined(__SH4__) || defined(__alpha__) || \
+-    defined(_MIPS_ARCH_MIPS32R2)
++    defined(_MIPS_ARCH_MIPS32R2) || \
++    defined(__AARCH64EL__)
+ #define DOUBLE_CONVERSION_CORRECT_DOUBLE_OPERATIONS 1
+ #elif defined(_M_IX86) || defined(__i386__) || defined(__i386)
+ #if defined(_WIN32)
diff --git a/recipes-extended/libpoco/libpoco_1.5.3.bb b/recipes-extended/libpoco/libpoco_1.5.3.bb
index df9c959..d8699b1 100644
--- a/recipes-extended/libpoco/libpoco_1.5.3.bb
+++ b/recipes-extended/libpoco/libpoco_1.5.3.bb
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ SRC_URI = "https://github.com/pocoproject/poco/archive/poco-${PV}-release.tar.gz
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "4636d84055a434fde3a67396bf15924a"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "f26bbd7879ad79b45630f8efa20b1c65f0ddf81dc44f169245d512d208c71e53"
 
+SRC_URI += "file://9258e482d71f327020efa10b873b9623458f2985.patch"
+
 S = "${WORKDIR}/poco-poco-${PV}-release"
 
 EXTRA_OECMAKE += "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DPOCO_UNBUNDLED=On"