diff --git a/openafs.changes b/openafs.changes
index b9def9e..55417aa 100644
--- a/openafs.changes
+++ b/openafs.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Sep 28 12:47:02 UTC 2018 - Guillaume GARDET <guillaume.gardet@opensuse.org>
+
+- Fix build for aarch64
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Sep 12 12:37:15 UTC 2018 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
 
diff --git a/openafs.spec b/openafs.spec
index 2aba070..21f433d 100644
--- a/openafs.spec
+++ b/openafs.spec
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # license that conforms to the Open Source Definition (Version 1.9)
 # published by the Open Source Initiative.
 
-# Please submit bugfixes or comments via http://bugs.opensuse.org/
+# Please submit bugfixes or comments via https://bugs.opensuse.org/
 #
 # needssslcertforbuild
 
@@ -326,6 +326,7 @@ sysbase=arm
 %endif
 %ifarch aarch64
 sysbase=arm64
+%define _arch arm64
 %endif
 %ifarch s390x
 sysbase=s390
@@ -373,7 +374,9 @@ for flavor in %flavors_to_build; do
     ./configure  --with-linux-kernel-build=/usr/src/linux-obj/%{_target_cpu}/$flavor --with-linux-kernel-headers=/usr/src/linux \
         --disable-transarc-paths
     export EXTRA_CFLAGS='-DVERSION=\"%version\"'
+%ifnarch aarch64
     export KCFLAGS='-mindirect-branch=thunk-inline -mindirect-branch-register'
+%endif
     export LINUX_MAKE_ARCH="ARCH=%{_arch}"
     make
     popd