diff --git a/config/arch.aarch64 b/config/arch.aarch64
index b4627d10c5..f80ab57122 100644
--- a/config/arch.aarch64
+++ b/config/arch.aarch64
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@
   fi
 
 # TARGET_CPU:
-# cortex-a53 cortex-a57 cortex-a72
-# cortex-a57.cortex-a53 cortex-a72.cortex-a53
+# generic cortex-a35 cortex-a53 cortex-a57 cortex-a72
+# exynos-m1 qdf24xx thunderx xgene1 cortex-a57.cortex-a53
+# cortex-a72.cortex-a53
 
 # determine architecture's family
   case $TARGET_CPU in
-    cortex-a53|cortex-a57|cortex-a57.cortex-a53|cortex-a72.cortex-a53)
+    generic|cortex-a35|cortex-a53|cortex-a57|cortex-a72|exynos-m1|qdf24xx|thunderx|xgene1|cortex-a57.cortex-a53|cortex-a72.cortex-a53)
       TARGET_SUBARCH=aarch64
       TARGET_VARIANT=armv8-a
       TARGET_ABI=eabi