diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/ext/rbconfig/RbConfigLibrary.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/ext/rbconfig/RbConfigLibrary.java
index 3cbfadf11f7..707288d3439 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/ext/rbconfig/RbConfigLibrary.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/ext/rbconfig/RbConfigLibrary.java
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ public static String getArchitecture() {
         String architecture = Platform.ARCH;
         if (architecture == null) architecture = "unknown";
         if ("amd64".equals(architecture)) architecture = "x86_64";
+        if ("aarch64".equals(architecture) && Platform.IS_MAC) architecture = "arm64";
 
         return architecture;
     }