diff --git a/meta-arm-bsp/conf/machine/include/arm/armv8r/arch-armv8r64.inc b/meta-arm-bsp/conf/machine/include/arm/armv8r/arch-armv8r64.inc
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+# We are temporarily using armv8-4a until GCC 11 is released and supported by
+# oe-core which will include the armv8-r support for aarch64.
+
+require conf/machine/include/arm/arch-armv8-4a.inc