diff --git a/lib/io/console/ffi/linux_console.rb b/lib/io/console/ffi/linux_console.rb
index 6172c8c..67ebb41 100644
--- a/lib/io/console/ffi/linux_console.rb
+++ b/lib/io/console/ffi/linux_console.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 require 'ffi'
 
-raise LoadError.new("native console only supported on i386, x86_64 and powerpc64") unless FFI::Platform::ARCH =~ /i386|x86_64|powerpc64/
+unless FFI::Platform::ARCH =~ /i386|x86_64|powerpc64|aarch64/
+  raise LoadError.new("native console only supported on i386, x86_64, powerpc64 and aarch64")
+end
 
 module IO::LibC
   extend FFI::Library