diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libimagequant/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libimagequant/default.nix
index 1c8502da492..c988c49a6ed 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libimagequant/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libimagequant/default.nix
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     patchShebangs ./configure
   '';
 
+  configureFlags = lib.optionals stdenv.isAarch64 [ "--disable-sse" ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://pngquant.org/lib/";
     description = "Image quantization library";