diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-06-30-00-02-42.bpo-41164.zbzWsP.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-06-30-00-02-42.bpo-41164.zbzWsP.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..c4317665717d1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-06-30-00-02-42.bpo-41164.zbzWsP.rst	
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Allow python to build for macosx-11.0-arm64
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 5024860ca4395a..c5dcbef46ece87 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -9333,6 +9333,9 @@ fi
     	ppc)
     		MACOSX_DEFAULT_ARCH="ppc64"
     		;;
+      arm64)
+    		MACOSX_DEFAULT_ARCH="arm64"
+    		;;
     	*)
     		as_fn_error $? "Unexpected output of 'arch' on OSX" "$LINENO" 5
     		;;
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 5a3e340aa3e72b..795f5117d8b5df 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2478,6 +2478,9 @@ case $ac_sys_system/$ac_sys_release in
     	ppc)
     		MACOSX_DEFAULT_ARCH="ppc64"
     		;;
+      arm64)
+    		MACOSX_DEFAULT_ARCH="arm64"
+    		;;
     	*)
     		AC_MSG_ERROR([Unexpected output of 'arch' on OSX])
     		;;