diff --git a/README b/README
index e1975610520..ba501f737b8 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ COMPILING THE APPLICATIONS/LIBRARIES:
   --help output of the configure script. As of this writing, the list of
   available targets is:
 
+    aarch64-linux
     arm64-android-gcc
     arm64-darwin-gcc
     arm64-darwin20-gcc
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ COMPILING THE APPLICATIONS/LIBRARIES:
     arm64-win64-vs16-clangcl
     arm64-win64-vs17
     arm64-win64-vs17-clangcl
+    arm-linux
     armv7-android-gcc
     armv7-darwin-gcc
     armv7-linux-rvct
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 356bbe26fbb..51de9a4fd43 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ EOF
 
 # all_platforms is a list of all supported target platforms. Maintain
 # alphabetically by architecture, generic-gnu last.
+all_platforms="${all_platforms} aarch64-linux"
 all_platforms="${all_platforms} arm64-android-gcc"
 all_platforms="${all_platforms} arm64-darwin-gcc"
 all_platforms="${all_platforms} arm64-darwin20-gcc"
@@ -111,6 +112,7 @@ all_platforms="${all_platforms} arm64-win64-vs16"
 all_platforms="${all_platforms} arm64-win64-vs16-clangcl"
 all_platforms="${all_platforms} arm64-win64-vs17"
 all_platforms="${all_platforms} arm64-win64-vs17-clangcl"
+all_platforms="${all_platforms} arm-linux"
 all_platforms="${all_platforms} armv7-android-gcc"   #neon Cortex-A8
 all_platforms="${all_platforms} armv7-darwin-gcc"    #neon Cortex-A8
 all_platforms="${all_platforms} armv7-linux-rvct"    #neon Cortex-A8