diff --git a/packages/linux-firmware/firmware-imx/package.mk b/packages/linux-firmware/firmware-imx/package.mk
index 89563f3fdc..07c460bc0a 100644
--- a/packages/linux-firmware/firmware-imx/package.mk
+++ b/packages/linux-firmware/firmware-imx/package.mk
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 PKG_NAME="firmware-imx"
 PKG_VERSION="8.21"
 PKG_SHA256="c3447f0f813415ccea9dc2ef12080cb3ac8bbc0c67392a74fc7d59205eb5a672"
-PKG_ARCH="arm"
+PKG_ARCH="aarch64 arm"
 PKG_LICENSE="other"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.freescale.com"
 PKG_URL="https://www.nxp.com/lgfiles/NMG/MAD/YOCTO/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}.bin"
@@ -20,11 +20,17 @@ unpack() {
 
 makeinstall_target() {
   mkdir -p ${INSTALL}/$(get_full_firmware_dir)/imx/sdma
-    cp -P firmware/sdma/sdma-imx6q.bin ${INSTALL}/$(get_full_firmware_dir)/imx/sdma
-    cp -P firmware/sdma/sdma-imx7d.bin ${INSTALL}/$(get_full_firmware_dir)/imx/sdma
-
   mkdir -p ${INSTALL}/$(get_full_firmware_dir)/vpu
-    cp -P firmware/vpu/vpu_fw_imx6d.bin ${INSTALL}/$(get_full_firmware_dir)/vpu
-    cp -P firmware/vpu/vpu_fw_imx6q.bin ${INSTALL}/$(get_full_firmware_dir)/vpu
-    cp -P firmware/vpu/vpu_fw_imx8_dec.bin ${INSTALL}/$(get_full_firmware_dir)/vpu
+
+  case "${DEVICE}" in
+    "iMX6")
+      cp -P firmware/sdma/sdma-imx6q.bin ${INSTALL}/$(get_full_firmware_dir)/imx/sdma
+      cp -P firmware/vpu/vpu_fw_imx6d.bin ${INSTALL}/$(get_full_firmware_dir)/vpu
+      cp -P firmware/vpu/vpu_fw_imx6q.bin ${INSTALL}/$(get_full_firmware_dir)/vpu
+      ;;
+    "iMX8")
+      cp -P firmware/sdma/sdma-imx7d.bin ${INSTALL}/$(get_full_firmware_dir)/imx/sdma
+      cp -P firmware/vpu/vpu_fw_imx8_dec.bin ${INSTALL}/$(get_full_firmware_dir)/vpu
+      ;;
+  esac
 }