diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c615cab2..d83cb594 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1911,6 +1911,14 @@ case "${host}" in
         LG_PAGE=14
       fi
       ;;
+  aarch64-*-linux-gnu*)
+      dnl When cross-compile for 64 bit Arm64, in the absence of an explicit flag setting page size, 
+      dnl use memory granularity of 64K to ensure that 64K and 16K kernel sizes (default for many
+      dnl distros) function al all.
+      if test "x$LG_PAGE" = "xdetect"; then
+        LG_PAGE=16
+      fi
+      ;;
 esac
 if test "x$LG_PAGE" = "xdetect"; then
   AC_CACHE_CHECK([LG_PAGE],