diff --git a/pkgs/servers/nosql/mongodb/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/nosql/mongodb/default.nix
index b1d9154a747..842c988d9b3 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/nosql/mongodb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/nosql/mongodb/default.nix
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   preBuild = ''
     sconsFlags+=" CC=$CC"
     sconsFlags+=" CXX=$CXX"
+  '' + optionalString stdenv.isAarch64 ''
+    sconsFlags+=" CCFLAGS='-march=armv8-a+crc'"
   '';
 
   preInstall = ''