diff --git a/common/build-profiles/aarch64.sh b/common/build-profiles/aarch64.sh
index 812baa92a47..2e7fe408b6d 100644
--- a/common/build-profiles/aarch64.sh
+++ b/common/build-profiles/aarch64.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 XBPS_TARGET_CFLAGS="-march=armv8-a"
-XBPS_TARGET_CXXFLAGS="$XBPS_CXXFLAGS"
+XBPS_TARGET_CXXFLAGS="$XBPS_TARGET_CFLAGS"
 XBPS_TRIPLET="aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu"