diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 253a455d8d8..2cd4c6be44f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ SUBARCH := $(shell uname -m | sed -e s/i.86/i386/ -e s/sun4u/sparc64/ \
 				  -e s/arm.*/arm/ -e s/sa110/arm/ \
 				  -e s/s390x/s390/ -e s/parisc64/parisc/ \
 				  -e s/ppc.*/powerpc/ -e s/mips.*/mips/ \
-				  -e s/sh[234].*/sh/ )
+				  -e s/sh[234].*/sh/ -e s/aarch64.*/arm64/ )
 
 # Cross compiling and selecting different set of gcc/bin-utils
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/elf.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/elf.h
index 07fea290d7c..fe32c0e4ac0 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/elf.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/elf.h
@@ -26,7 +26,10 @@
 
 typedef unsigned long elf_greg_t;
 
-#define ELF_NGREG (sizeof (struct pt_regs) / sizeof(elf_greg_t))
+#define ELF_NGREG (sizeof(struct user_pt_regs) / sizeof(elf_greg_t))
+#define ELF_CORE_COPY_REGS(dest, regs)	\
+	*(struct user_pt_regs *)&(dest) = (regs)->user_regs;
+
 typedef elf_greg_t elf_gregset_t[ELF_NGREG];
 typedef struct user_fpsimd_state elf_fpregset_t;
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile b/tools/perf/Makefile
index 891bc77bdb2..8ab05e543ef 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ ARCH ?= $(shell echo $(uname_M) | sed -e s/i.86/i386/ -e s/sun4u/sparc64/ \
 				  -e s/arm.*/arm/ -e s/sa110/arm/ \
 				  -e s/s390x/s390/ -e s/parisc64/parisc/ \
 				  -e s/ppc.*/powerpc/ -e s/mips.*/mips/ \
-				  -e s/sh[234].*/sh/ )
+				  -e s/sh[234].*/sh/ -e s/aarch64.*/arm64/ )
 NO_PERF_REGS := 1
 
 CC = $(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc