diff --git a/srcpkgs/qemu/template b/srcpkgs/qemu/template
index c21ec849ecb..9f08be3471f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/qemu/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/qemu/template
@@ -31,8 +31,13 @@ vopt_conflict "sdl" "sdl2"
 
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 	i686*|x86_64*) build_options_default+=" spice";;
+	aarch64-musl) CFLAGS+=" -D_LINUX_SYSINFO_H";;
 esac
 
+post_extract() {
+	sed -i 's/__u64/unsigned long/' linux-user/host/aarch64/hostdep.h
+}
+
 do_configure() {
 	local args=