diff --git a/rules.mk b/rules.mk
index 34222a3a71994c49445a3e2b2ef959bbeaad4f1e..f79340b1240a0c06d078115aea66ed6aec7e325b 100644
--- a/rules.mk
+++ b/rules.mk
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ IS_PACKAGE_BUILD := $(if $(filter package/%,$(BUILD_SUBDIR)),1)
 
 OPTIMIZE_FOR_CPU=$(subst i386,i486,$(ARCH))
 
-ifeq ($(ARCH),powerpc)
+ifneq (,$(findstring $(ARCH) , aarch64 aarch64_be powerpc ))
   FPIC:=-fPIC
 else
   FPIC:=-fpic