diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 66a9c705a6e..c64f267d57e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -742,6 +742,7 @@ if (Seastar_DPDK)
   set (Seastar_ARCH_FOR_wsm "westmere")
   set (Seastar_ARCH_FOR_snb "sandybridge")
   set (Seastar_ARCH_FOR_ivb "ivybridge")
+  set (Seastar_ARCH_FOR_armv8a "armv8-a")
   set (Seastar_ARCH ${Seastar_ARCH_FOR_${Seastar_DPDK_MACHINE}})
 
   if (NOT Seastar_ARCH)
diff --git a/cmake/Finddpdk.cmake b/cmake/Finddpdk.cmake
index 484de1d14ff..c70b8e02690 100644
--- a/cmake/Finddpdk.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Finddpdk.cmake
@@ -55,37 +55,47 @@ find_library (dpdk_BUS_VDEV_LIBRARY rte_bus_vdev)
 
 include (FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
 
+set (dpdk_REQUIRED
+  dpdk_INCLUDE_DIR
+  dpdk_PMD_VMXNET3_UIO_LIBRARY
+  dpdk_PMD_I40E_LIBRARY
+  dpdk_PMD_IXGBE_LIBRARY
+  dpdk_PMD_E1000_LIBRARY
+  dpdk_PMD_BNXT_LIBRARY
+  dpdk_PMD_RING_LIBRARY
+  dpdk_PMD_CXGBE_LIBRARY
+  dpdk_PMD_ENA_LIBRARY
+  dpdk_PMD_ENIC_LIBRARY
+  dpdk_PMD_NFP_LIBRARY
+  dpdk_PMD_QEDE_LIBRARY
+  dpdk_RING_LIBRARY
+  dpdk_KVARGS_LIBRARY
+  dpdk_MEMPOOL_LIBRARY
+  dpdk_MEMPOOL_RING_LIBRARY
+  dpdk_HASH_LIBRARY
+  dpdk_CMDLINE_LIBRARY
+  dpdk_MBUF_LIBRARY
+  dpdk_CFGFILE_LIBRARY
+  dpdk_EAL_LIBRARY
+  dpdk_ETHDEV_LIBRARY
+  dpdk_NET_LIBRARY
+  dpdk_TIMER_LIBRARY
+  dpdk_PCI_LIBRARY
+  dpdk_BUS_PCI_LIBRARY
+  dpdk_BUS_VDEV_LIBRARY)
+
+# fm10k, sfc_efx driver can only build on x86
+if (CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR MATCHES "x86_64")
+  set (dpdk_REQUIRED
+    ${dpdk_REQUIRED}
+    dpdk_PMD_FM10K_LIBRARY
+    dpdk_PMD_SFC_EFX_LIBRARY)
+endif()
+
 find_package_handle_standard_args (dpdk
   REQUIRED_VARS
-    dpdk_INCLUDE_DIR
-    dpdk_PMD_VMXNET3_UIO_LIBRARY
-    dpdk_PMD_I40E_LIBRARY
-    dpdk_PMD_IXGBE_LIBRARY
-    dpdk_PMD_E1000_LIBRARY
-    dpdk_PMD_BNXT_LIBRARY
-    dpdk_PMD_RING_LIBRARY
-    dpdk_PMD_CXGBE_LIBRARY
-    dpdk_PMD_ENA_LIBRARY
-    dpdk_PMD_ENIC_LIBRARY
-    dpdk_PMD_FM10K_LIBRARY
-    dpdk_PMD_NFP_LIBRARY
-    dpdk_PMD_QEDE_LIBRARY
-    dpdk_RING_LIBRARY
-    dpdk_KVARGS_LIBRARY
-    dpdk_MEMPOOL_LIBRARY
-    dpdk_MEMPOOL_RING_LIBRARY
-    dpdk_PMD_SFC_EFX_LIBRARY
-    dpdk_HASH_LIBRARY
-    dpdk_CMDLINE_LIBRARY
-    dpdk_MBUF_LIBRARY
-    dpdk_CFGFILE_LIBRARY
-    dpdk_EAL_LIBRARY
-    dpdk_ETHDEV_LIBRARY
-    dpdk_NET_LIBRARY
-    dpdk_TIMER_LIBRARY
-    dpdk_PCI_LIBRARY
-    dpdk_BUS_PCI_LIBRARY
-    dpdk_BUS_VDEV_LIBRARY)
+    ${dpdk_REQUIRED}
+)
 
 if (dpdk_FOUND AND NOT (TARGET dpdk::dpdk))
   set (dpdk_LIBRARIES
@@ -102,14 +112,22 @@ if (dpdk_FOUND AND NOT (TARGET dpdk::dpdk))
     ${dpdk_PMD_E1000_LIBRARY}
     ${dpdk_PMD_ENA_LIBRARY}
     ${dpdk_PMD_ENIC_LIBRARY}
-    ${dpdk_PMD_FM10K_LIBRARY}
     ${dpdk_PMD_QEDE_LIBRARY}
     ${dpdk_PMD_I40E_LIBRARY}
     ${dpdk_PMD_IXGBE_LIBRARY}
     ${dpdk_PMD_NFP_LIBRARY}
     ${dpdk_PMD_RING_LIBRARY}
-    ${dpdk_PMD_SFC_EFX_LIBRARY}
-    ${dpdk_PMD_VMXNET3_UIO_LIBRARY}
+    ${dpdk_PMD_VMXNET3_UIO_LIBRARY})
+
+  if (CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR MATCHES "x86_64")
+    set (dpdk_LIBRARIES
+      ${dpdk_LIBRARIES}
+      ${dpdk_PMD_FM10K_LIBRARY}
+      ${dpdk_PMD_SFC_EFX_LIBRARY})
+  endif()
+
+  set (dpdk_LIBRARIES
+    ${dpdk_LIBRARIES}
     ${dpdk_RING_LIBRARY}
     ${dpdk_NET_LIBRARY}
     ${dpdk_TIMER_LIBRARY}
@@ -449,13 +467,11 @@ if (dpdk_FOUND AND NOT (TARGET dpdk::dpdk))
     dpdk::pmd_e1000
     dpdk::pmd_ena
     dpdk::pmd_enic
-    dpdk::pmd_fm10k
     dpdk::pmd_qede
     dpdk::pmd_i40e
     dpdk::pmd_ixgbe
     dpdk::pmd_nfp
     dpdk::pmd_ring
-    dpdk::pmd_sfc_efx
     dpdk::pmd_vmxnet3_uio
     dpdk::ring
     dpdk::net
@@ -464,6 +480,13 @@ if (dpdk_FOUND AND NOT (TARGET dpdk::dpdk))
     dpdk::bus_pci
     dpdk::bus_vdev)
 
+  if (CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR MATCHES "x86_64")
+    set (_dpdk_libraries
+      ${_dpdk_libraries}
+      dpdk::pmd_fm10k
+      dpdk::pmd_sfc_efx)
+  endif()
+
   set_target_properties (dpdk::dpdk
     PROPERTIES
       INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES "${_dpdk_libraries}")
diff --git a/configure.py b/configure.py
index 7fc29066d5a..580e4684303 100755
--- a/configure.py
+++ b/configure.py
@@ -137,9 +137,10 @@ def infer_dpdk_machine(user_cflags):
     arch = 'native'
 
     # `-march` may be repeated, and we want the last one.
+    # strip features, leave only the arch: armv8-a+crc+crypto -> armv8-a
     for flag in user_cflags.split():
         if flag.startswith('-march'):
-            arch = flag[7:]
+            arch = flag[7:].split('+')[0]
 
     MAPPING = {
         'native': 'native',
@@ -147,6 +148,7 @@ def infer_dpdk_machine(user_cflags):
         'westmere': 'wsm',
         'sandybridge': 'snb',
         'ivybridge': 'ivb',
+        'armv8-a': 'armv8a',
     }
 
     return MAPPING.get(arch, 'native')
diff --git a/cooking_recipe.cmake b/cooking_recipe.cmake
index 874abb301ee..068619f4d0d 100644
--- a/cooking_recipe.cmake
+++ b/cooking_recipe.cmake
@@ -254,7 +254,11 @@ cooking_ingredient (cryptopp
 
 # Use the "native" profile that DPDK defines in `dpdk/config`, but in `dpdk_configure.cmake` we override
 # CONFIG_RTE_MACHINE with `Seastar_DPDK_MACHINE`.
-set (dpdk_quadruple ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR}-native-linuxapp-gcc)
+if (CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR MATCHES "aarch64")
+  set (dpdk_quadruple arm64-armv8a-linuxapp-gcc)
+else()
+  set (dpdk_quadruple ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR}-native-linuxapp-gcc)
+endif()
 
 set (dpdk_args
   EXTRA_CFLAGS=-Wno-error