diff --git a/core/combo/arch/arm64/armv8-a.mk b/core/combo/arch/arm64/armv8-a.mk
index 5e27e5abb7301368cb68905257d178676d36a97d..70d17af7fd5c33f17222787755c0ec918bf64266 100644
--- a/core/combo/arch/arm64/armv8-a.mk
+++ b/core/combo/arch/arm64/armv8-a.mk
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+ARCH_ARM_HAVE_NEON := true
+
 ifneq (,$(filter cortex-a53,$(TARGET_$(combo_2nd_arch_prefix)CPU_VARIANT)))
 	arch_variant_cflags := -mcpu=cortex-a53
 else