diff --git a/Mac/Tools/pythonw.c b/Mac/Tools/pythonw.c
index 1d2db383f943cc..21e79665442b6a 100644
--- a/Mac/Tools/pythonw.c
+++ b/Mac/Tools/pythonw.c
@@ -119,10 +119,16 @@ setup_spawnattr(posix_spawnattr_t* spawnattr)
 
 #elif defined(__ppc__)
     cpu_types[0] = CPU_TYPE_POWERPC;
+
 #elif defined(__i386__)
     cpu_types[0] = CPU_TYPE_X86;
+
+#elif defined(__arm64__)
+    cpu_types[0] = CPU_TYPE_ARM64;
+
 #else
 #       error "Unknown CPU"
+
 #endif
 
     if (posix_spawnattr_setbinpref_np(spawnattr, count,
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/macOS/2020-06-24-14-21-17.bpo-41101.z9hCsP.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/macOS/2020-06-24-14-21-17.bpo-41101.z9hCsP.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..f66863db00c067
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/macOS/2020-06-24-14-21-17.bpo-41101.z9hCsP.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Support the new "arm64" architecture for macOS in the pythonw executable in
+framework builds.