diff --git a/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/llvm_util.rs b/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/llvm_util.rs
index 9fe0a4c45f9..ecca45a4d42 100644
--- a/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/llvm_util.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/llvm_util.rs
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ unsafe fn configure_llvm(sess: &Session) {
     ("v6k", Some("arm_target_feature")),
     ("v6t2", Some("arm_target_feature")),
     ("v7", Some("arm_target_feature")),
+    ("v8", Some("arm_target_feature")),
     ("vfp2", Some("arm_target_feature")),
     ("vfp3", Some("arm_target_feature")),
     ("vfp4", Some("arm_target_feature")),