diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index cfbfa318..24ca3def 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 - Fix build with non-GNU make by using plain rm -f instead of silly $(RM)
   in libout123/modules makefile fragment.
 - Make build work on iOS, including coreaudio backend.
+- Enable ARM64 optimisations on *BSD by default, too. You can always
+  use --enable-buffer and --with-optimisation to override that stupid
+  OS whitelist, anyway.
 - out123: Fix stupid crash with verbose mode and tone generation (print
   the string if the pointer is non-null, not if it is null).
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 62cea386..b8a6f754 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -551,10 +551,7 @@ fi
 sys_cppflags=
 newoldwritesample=disabled
 case $host in
-  aarch64-*-linux*|arm64-*-linux*)
-    cpu_type="aarch64"
-  ;;
-  aarch64-apple-darwin*|arm64-apple-darwin*)
+  aarch64-*linux*|arm64-*linux*|aarch64-*bsd*|arm64-*bsd*|aarch64-apple-darwin*|arm64-apple-darwin*)
     cpu_type="aarch64"
   ;;
   arm*-*-linux*-*eabihf|armv7hl*-*-linux*)