diff --git a/lib/configure.js b/lib/configure.js
index c164284e7d..d4342b9d76 100644
--- a/lib/configure.js
+++ b/lib/configure.js
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ function configure (gyp, argv, callback) {
     variables.target_arch = gyp.opts.arch || process.arch || 'ia32'
     if (variables.target_arch === 'arm64') {
       defaults.msvs_configuration_platform = 'ARM64'
+      defaults.xcode_configuration_platform = 'arm64'
     }
 
     // set the node development directory