diff --git a/boards.cfg b/boards.cfg
index e168590572..029553d66f 100644
--- a/boards.cfg
+++ b/boards.cfg
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ Active  arm         pxa            -           -               vpac270
 Active  arm         pxa            -           icpdas          lp8x4x              lp8x4x                               -                                                                                                                                 Sergey Yanovich <ynvich@gmail.com>
 Active  arm         pxa            -           toradex         -                   colibri_pxa270                       -                                                                                                                                 Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@gmail.com>
 Active  arm         sa1100         -           -               -                   jornada                              -                                                                                                                                 Kristoffer Ericson <kristoffer.ericson@gmail.com>
-Active  arm         armv8          -           armltd          vexpress64          vexpress_aemv8a                      vexpress_aemv8a:ARM64                                                                                                             David Feng <fenghua@phytium.com.cn>
+Active  aarch64     armv8          -           armltd          vexpress64          vexpress_aemv8a                      vexpress_aemv8a:ARM64                                                                                                             David Feng <fenghua@phytium.com.cn>
 Active  avr32       at32ap         at32ap700x  atmel           -                   atngw100                             -                                                                                                                                 Haavard Skinnemoen <haavard.skinnemoen@atmel.com>
 Active  avr32       at32ap         at32ap700x  atmel           -                   atngw100mkii                         -                                                                                                                                 Andreas Bießmann <andreas.devel@googlemail.com>
 Active  avr32       at32ap         at32ap700x  atmel           atstk1000           atstk1002                            -                                                                                                                                 Haavard Skinnemoen <haavard.skinnemoen@atmel.com>
@@ -1242,4 +1242,3 @@ Orphan  powerpc     mpc8xx         -           -               genietv
 Orphan  powerpc     mpc8xx         -           -               mbx8xx              MBX                                  -                                                                                                                                 -
 Orphan  powerpc     mpc8xx         -           -               mbx8xx              MBX860T                              -                                                                                                                                 -
 Orphan  powerpc     mpc8xx         -           -               nx823               NX823                                -                                                                                                                                 -
-
diff --git a/mkconfig b/mkconfig
index 40db991008..b96c81fbc2 100755
--- a/mkconfig
+++ b/mkconfig
@@ -85,6 +85,13 @@ if [ "${ARCH}" -a "${ARCH}" != "${arch}" ]; then
 	exit 1
 fi
 
+#
+# Test above needed aarch64, now we need arm
+#
+if [ "${arch}" = "aarch64" ]; then
+	arch="arm"
+fi
+
 if [ "$options" ] ; then
 	echo "Configuring for ${BOARD_NAME} - Board: ${CONFIG_NAME}, Options: ${options}"
 else