diff --git a/eng/native/configureplatform.cmake b/eng/native/configureplatform.cmake
index af1c88bce5b64..99556d80c052f 100644
--- a/eng/native/configureplatform.cmake
+++ b/eng/native/configureplatform.cmake
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ if(CLR_CMAKE_HOST_OS STREQUAL Linux)
         # "amd64" string. Accept either of the two here.
         if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR STREQUAL x86_64 OR CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR STREQUAL amd64)
             set(CLR_CMAKE_HOST_UNIX_AMD64 1)
-        elseif(CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR STREQUAL armv7l)
+        elseif(CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR STREQUAL armv7l OR CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR STREQUAL armv8l)
             set(CLR_CMAKE_HOST_UNIX_ARM 1)
             set(CLR_CMAKE_HOST_UNIX_ARMV7L 1)
         elseif(CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR STREQUAL arm OR CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR STREQUAL armv7-a)
diff --git a/eng/native/configuretools.cmake b/eng/native/configuretools.cmake
index 136cd67925d0c..2113153aac0b8 100644
--- a/eng/native/configuretools.cmake
+++ b/eng/native/configuretools.cmake
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ if(NOT WIN32 AND NOT CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_BROWSER)
     if(CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_ANDROID)
       set(TOOLSET_PREFIX ${ANDROID_TOOLCHAIN_PREFIX})
     elseif(CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING AND NOT DEFINED CLR_CROSS_COMPONENTS_BUILD AND (CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR STREQUAL armv7l OR
-       CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR STREQUAL aarch64 OR CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR STREQUAL arm OR CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR STREQUAL s390x))
+        CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR STREQUAL aarch64 OR CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR STREQUAL arm OR CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR STREQUAL s390x OR
+        CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR STREQUAL armv8l))
       set(TOOLSET_PREFIX "${TOOLCHAIN}-")
     else()
       set(TOOLSET_PREFIX "")
diff --git a/eng/native/init-os-and-arch.sh b/eng/native/init-os-and-arch.sh
index fc4078fa3a9aa..9ba5b3c227adf 100644
--- a/eng/native/init-os-and-arch.sh
+++ b/eng/native/init-os-and-arch.sh
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ case "$CPUName" in
         arch=x64
         ;;
 
-    armv7l)
+    armv7l|armv8l)
         if (NAME=""; . /etc/os-release; test "$NAME" = "Tizen"); then
             arch=armel
         else