diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/sbcl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/sbcl/default.nix
index a139ca4a779..dcd110954c1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/sbcl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/sbcl/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, writeText, sbclBootstrap
 , sbclBootstrapHost ? "${sbclBootstrap}/bin/sbcl --disable-debugger --no-userinit --no-sysinit"
-, threadSupport ? (stdenv.isi686 || stdenv.isx86_64)
+, threadSupport ? (stdenv.isi686 || stdenv.isx86_64 || "aarch64-linux" == stdenv.system)
   # Meant for sbcl used for creating binaries portable to non-NixOS via save-lisp-and-die.
   # Note that the created binaries still need `patchelf --set-interpreter ...`
   # to get rid of ${glibc} dependency.