diff --git a/extra/ecl/PKGBUILD b/extra/ecl/PKGBUILD
index efa2096ca..27dbd7d19 100644
--- a/extra/ecl/PKGBUILD
+++ b/extra/ecl/PKGBUILD
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 # ALARM: Kevin Mihelich <kevin@archlinuxarm.org>
 #  - use system libffi (included version is old and breaks on v5)
 #  - specify libffi include path in CPPFLAGS
+#  - use gc with AArch64
 
 pkgname=ecl
 pkgver=15.3.7
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
 url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/ecls/"
 license=('LGPL')
 depends=('bash' 'gmp' 'libffi')
+depends_aarch64=('gc')
 makedepends=('texinfo')
 provides=('common-lisp' 'cl-asdf')
 options=('!makeflags')
@@ -29,6 +31,8 @@ prepare() {
 build() {
   cd $srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver
 
+  [[ $CARCH != "aarch64" && CONFIG="--enable-boehm=included"
+
   CPPFLAGS+=" -I/usr/lib/libffi-3.2.1/include"
   ./configure \
     --build=$CHOST \
@@ -36,12 +40,11 @@ build() {
     --with-tcp \
     --with-clos-streams \
     --enable-shared \
-    --enable-boehm=included \
     --with-system-gmp \
     --without-x \
     --enable-threads \
     --without-clx \
-    --with-dffi=system
+    --with-dffi=system $CONFIG
 
   make
 }