diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/openssl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/openssl/default.nix
index a336dd18fae..2a586f9e9ef 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/openssl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/openssl/default.nix
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ let
         armv6l-linux = "./Configure linux-armv4 -march=armv6";
         armv7l-linux = "./Configure linux-armv4 -march=armv7-a";
         x86_64-darwin  = "./Configure darwin64-x86_64-cc";
+        aarch64-darwin = "./Configure darwin64-arm64-cc";
         x86_64-linux = "./Configure linux-x86_64";
         x86_64-solaris = "./Configure solaris64-x86_64-gcc";
       }.${stdenv.hostPlatform.system} or (