diff --git a/.CMake/alg_support.cmake b/.CMake/alg_support.cmake
index 5406895f26..f37fc70bd0 100644
--- a/.CMake/alg_support.cmake
+++ b/.CMake/alg_support.cmake
@@ -661,6 +661,7 @@ if(NOT ((OQS_MINIMAL_BUILD STREQUAL "") OR (OQS_MINIMAL_BUILD STREQUAL "OFF")))
           string(REPLACE "_aesni" "" _var_base ${_var})
           string(REPLACE "_avx2" "" _var_base ${_var_base})
           string(REPLACE "_avx" "" _var_base ${_var_base})
+          string(REPLACE "_aarch64" "" _var_base ${_var_base})
           foreach (_alg ${OQS_MINIMAL_BUILD})
             if(${_var}_AVAILABLE)
               if(${_var_base}X STREQUAL ${_alg}X)