diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7bbb44e5ab60..59ec7ec58bf1 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -4424,6 +4424,11 @@ freebsd*)
     P_SEP=:
 
     case "$host_cpu" in
+    aarch64)
+        CPUNAME=AARCH64
+        PLATFORMID=freebsd_aarch64
+        RTL_ARCH=AARCH64
+        ;;
     i*86)
         CPUNAME=INTEL
         RTL_ARCH=x86
diff --git a/solenv/gbuild/platform/FREEBSD_AARCH64_GCC.mk b/solenv/gbuild/platform/FREEBSD_AARCH64_GCC.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6199f17b3015
--- /dev/null
+++ b/solenv/gbuild/platform/FREEBSD_AARCH64_GCC.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# -*- Mode: makefile-gmake; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: t -*-
+#
+# This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+#
+# This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+# License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+# file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+#
+
+#please make generic modifications to unxgcc.mk
+
+include $(GBUILDDIR)/platform/unxgcc.mk
+
+# vim: set noet sw=4: