diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/qemuarm64.conf b/meta/conf/machine/qemuarm64.conf
index 34fcd2aed0..ee19385eaf 100644
--- a/meta/conf/machine/qemuarm64.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/machine/qemuarm64.conf
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #@NAME: generic armv8 machine
 #@DESCRIPTION: Machine configuration for running a generic armv8
 
-require conf/machine/include/arm/arch-armv8.inc
+require conf/machine/include/arm/arch-armv8a.inc
 require conf/machine/include/qemu.inc
 
 KERNEL_IMAGETYPE = "Image"