diff --git a/srcpkgs/ceph/template b/srcpkgs/ceph/template
index c3146c3088..9b6bff4120 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ceph/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ceph/template
@@ -19,9 +19,11 @@ homepage="http://ceph.com/"
 distfiles="http://download.ceph.com/tarballs/ceph-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=dca933aa14db67b404d836ef510bd418091978edc2f0c74dfc530ba0aa5e8994
 
+# - Needs CRC32 extension on ARMv8 (ODROID-C2 has it)
 # - Needs NEON on ARM (armv7+)
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 	*-musl) broken="execinfo.h, PTHREAD_RWLOCK_NONRECURSIVE_NP, etc";;
+	aarch64*) CFLAGS="-march=armv8-a+crc";;
 	armv7*) CFLAGS="-mfpu=neon";;
 esac