diff --git a/common.gypi b/common.gypi
index 388967b43bed3e..6cc1285ba52de1 100644
--- a/common.gypi
+++ b/common.gypi
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@
       ['target_arch in "arm ia32 mips mipsel ppc"', {
         'v8_enable_pointer_compression': 0,
         'v8_enable_31bit_smis_on_64bit_arch': 0,
+        'v8_enable_sandbox': 0
       }],
       ['target_arch in "ppc64 s390x"', {
         'v8_enable_backtrace': 1,
diff --git a/configure.py b/configure.py
index 909f99e5b001bd..9c6c0a56ccac6d 100755
--- a/configure.py
+++ b/configure.py
@@ -1640,6 +1640,7 @@ def configure_v8(o, configs):
   o['variables']['v8_enable_maglev'] = B(not options.v8_disable_maglev and
                                          o['variables']['target_arch'] in maglev_enabled_architectures)
   o['variables']['v8_enable_pointer_compression'] = 1 if options.enable_pointer_compression else 0
+  o['variables']['v8_enable_sandbox'] = 1 if options.enable_pointer_compression else 0
   o['variables']['v8_enable_31bit_smis_on_64bit_arch'] = 1 if options.enable_pointer_compression else 0
   o['variables']['v8_enable_shared_ro_heap'] = 0 if options.enable_pointer_compression or options.disable_shared_ro_heap else 1
   o['variables']['v8_enable_extensible_ro_snapshot'] = 0