diff --git a/sqlite.spec b/sqlite.spec
index c0b8c25..218afec 100644
--- a/sqlite.spec
+++ b/sqlite.spec
@@ -163,6 +163,10 @@ export CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS $RPM_LD_FLAGS \
                -DSQLITE_ENABLE_DBPAGE_VTAB \
                -Wall -fno-strict-aliasing"
 
+%ifarch == aarch64
+export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -mbranch-protection=standard"
+%endif
+
 %configure %{!?with_tcl:--disable-tcl} \
            --enable-rtree \
            --enable-json1 \