--- old/make/autoconf/hotspot.m4	2018-03-23 16:35:41.474399256 +0000
+++ new/make/autoconf/hotspot.m4	2018-03-23 16:35:40.884457589 +0000
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@
 
   if test "x$ENABLE_AOT" = "xtrue"; then
     # Only enable AOT on X64 platforms.
-    if test "x$OPENJDK_TARGET_CPU" = "xx86_64"; then
+    if test "x$OPENJDK_TARGET_CPU" = "xx86_64" || test "x$OPENJDK_TARGET_CPU" = "xaarch64" ; then
       if test -e "${TOPDIR}/src/jdk.aot"; then
         if test -e "${TOPDIR}/src/jdk.internal.vm.compiler"; then
           ENABLE_AOT="true"