diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 94d93313949..e6596361ff1 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -10460,6 +10460,37 @@ fi
 $as_echo "$ac_cv_crosscflags__mcx16" >&6; }
 if test "x$ac_cv_crosscflags__mcx16" = xyes; then :
   EXTRACROSSCFLAGS="$EXTRACROSSCFLAGS -mcx16"
+fi ;;
+          aarch64) { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether the cross-compiler supports -Wno-format" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking whether the cross-compiler supports -Wno-format... " >&6; }
+if ${ac_cv_crosscflags__Wno_format+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  ac_wine_try_cflags_saved=$CFLAGS
+ac_wine_try_cflags_saved_cc=$CC
+ac_wine_try_cflags_saved_exeext=$ac_exeext
+CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $EXTRACROSSCFLAGS -nostartfiles -nodefaultlibs -Wno-format"
+CC="$CROSSCC"
+ac_exeext=".exe"
+cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+int __cdecl mainCRTStartup(void) { return 0; }
+_ACEOF
+if ac_fn_c_try_link "$LINENO"; then :
+  ac_cv_crosscflags__Wno_format=yes
+else
+  ac_cv_crosscflags__Wno_format=no
+fi
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
+    conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
+CFLAGS=$ac_wine_try_cflags_saved
+CC=$ac_wine_try_cflags_saved_cc
+ac_exeext=$ac_wine_try_cflags_saved_exeext
+fi
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_cv_crosscflags__Wno_format" >&5
+$as_echo "$ac_cv_crosscflags__Wno_format" >&6; }
+if test "x$ac_cv_crosscflags__Wno_format" = xyes; then :
+  EXTRACROSSCFLAGS="$EXTRACROSSCFLAGS -Wno-format"
 fi ;;
         esac
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c7eab5c086f..705ab04295d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1072,6 +1072,7 @@ then
                   WINE_TRY_CROSSCFLAGS([-Wformat-overflow])
                   WINE_TRY_CROSSCFLAGS([-Wnonnull])
                   WINE_TRY_CROSSCFLAGS([-mcx16]) ;;
+          aarch64) WINE_TRY_CROSSCFLAGS([-Wno-format]) ;;
         esac
 
         dnl Determine debug info format