diff --git a/alarm/kodi-rpi/PKGBUILD b/alarm/kodi-rpi/PKGBUILD
index 0379cd86e..7375980ed 100644
--- a/alarm/kodi-rpi/PKGBUILD
+++ b/alarm/kodi-rpi/PKGBUILD
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ build() {
     export CFLAGS+=" -mcpu=cortex-a53 -mfpu=neon-fp-armv8 -mfloat-abi=hard"
     export CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
   elif [[ $CARCH = "aarch64" ]]; then
+    # note that we use a value of cortex-a53 here to allow RPi3 and RPi4 to use the same package
+    # consistent with rationale of previous comment
     export CFLAGS+=" -mcpu=cortex-a53"
     export CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
   fi