diff --git a/extra/nginx-mainline/PKGBUILD b/extra/nginx-mainline/PKGBUILD
index b90252447..da7c00ec0 100644
--- a/extra/nginx-mainline/PKGBUILD
+++ b/extra/nginx-mainline/PKGBUILD
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Contributor: Drew DeVault
 
 # ALARM: Kevin Mihelich <kevin@archlinuxarm.org>
-#  - build armv7h with -fPIC
+#  - build armv7h and aarch64 with -fPIC
 
 pkgname=nginx-mainline
 pkgver=1.11.0
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ _mainline_flags=(
 
 build() {
   cd $provides-$pkgver
-  [[ $CARCH == "armv7h" ]] && CFLAGS+=" -fPIC" && CXXFLAGS+=" -fPIC"
+  [[ $CARCH == "armv7h" || $CARCH == "aarch64" ]] && CFLAGS+=" -fPIC" && CXXFLAGS+=" -fPIC"
   ./configure \
     --prefix=/etc/nginx \
     --conf-path=/etc/nginx/nginx.conf \