diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mesa/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mesa/package.py
index 4717dacde2e..d46c75796ed 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mesa/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mesa/package.py
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ def configure_args(self):
         args_gallium_drivers = ['swrast']
         args_dri_drivers = []
 
-        if spec.target.family == 'arm':
+        if spec.target.family == 'arm' or spec.target.family == 'aarch64':
             args.append('--disable-libunwind')
 
         num_frontends = 0