diff --git a/src/librustc_trans/llvm_util.rs b/src/librustc_trans/llvm_util.rs
index 448feb5259ddd81fe65d33ee0f2b0278e6d5aceb..4fe726364f227bc2e5d1e3ccd02b2c1142476b5e 100644
--- a/src/librustc_trans/llvm_util.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_trans/llvm_util.rs
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ unsafe fn configure_llvm(sess: &Session) {
 
 const ARM_WHITELIST: &'static [&'static str] = &["neon\0", "vfp2\0", "vfp3\0", "vfp4\0"];
 
+const AARCH64_WHITELIST: &'static [&'static str] = &["neon\0"];
+
 const X86_WHITELIST: &'static [&'static str] = &["avx\0", "avx2\0", "bmi\0", "bmi2\0", "sse\0",
                                                  "sse2\0", "sse3\0", "sse4.1\0", "sse4.2\0",
                                                  "ssse3\0", "tbm\0", "lzcnt\0", "popcnt\0",
@@ -90,6 +92,7 @@ pub fn target_features(sess: &Session) -> Vec<Symbol> {
 
     let whitelist = match &*sess.target.target.arch {
         "arm" => ARM_WHITELIST,
+        "aarch64" => AARCH64_WHITELIST,
         "x86" | "x86_64" => X86_WHITELIST,
         "hexagon" => HEXAGON_WHITELIST,
         "powerpc" | "powerpc64" => POWERPC_WHITELIST,