diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/include/tune-mips64.inc b/meta/conf/machine/include/tune-mips64.inc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ba79e2b53f
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+++ b/meta/conf/machine/include/tune-mips64.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+DEFAULTTUNE ?= "mips64"
+
+require conf/machine/include/mips/arch-mips.inc