diff --git a/package/pkg-cmake.mk b/package/pkg-cmake.mk
index 401084fb12..914bda7482 100644
--- a/package/pkg-cmake.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-cmake.mk
@@ -219,6 +219,8 @@ else ifeq ($(BR2_ARM_CPU_ARMV6),y)
 CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR_ARM_VARIANT = armv6
 else ifeq ($(BR2_ARM_CPU_ARMV7A),y)
 CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR_ARM_VARIANT = armv7
+else ifeq ($(BR2_ARM_CPU_ARMV8),y)
+CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR_ARM_VARIANT = armv8
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_arm),y)