diff --git a/mpich.spec b/mpich.spec
index d8ba56b..cb18bab 100644
--- a/mpich.spec
+++ b/mpich.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Summary:	A high-performance implementation of MPI
 Name:		mpich
 Version:	3.0.4
-Release:	6%{?dist}
+Release:	7%{?dist}
 License:	MIT
 Group:		Development/Libraries
 URL:		http://www.mpich.org/
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ Contains documentations, examples and man-pages for mpich
 %global m_option -m%{__isa_bits}
 %endif
 
-%ifarch %{arm}
+%ifarch %{arm} aarch64
 %global m_option ""
 %endif
 
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ Contains documentations, examples and man-pages for mpich
 %global selected_channels ch3:sock
 %endif
 
-%ifarch %{ix86} x86_64 s390 %{arm}
+%ifarch %{ix86} x86_64 s390 %{arm} aarch64
 %global XFLAGS -fPIC
 %endif
 
@@ -227,6 +227,9 @@ make check
 %{_mandir}/%{name}/man3/
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Jan  6 2014 Peter Robinson <pbrobinson@fedoraproject.org> 3.0.4-7
+- Set the aarch64 compiler options
+
 * Fri Dec 13 2013 Peter Robinson <pbrobinson@fedoraproject.org> 3.0.4-6
 - Now have valgrind on ARMv7
 - No valgrind on aarch64