diff --git a/sysdeps/aarch64/configure b/sysdeps/aarch64/configure
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index ca57edce47..9606137e8d
--- a/sysdeps/aarch64/configure
+++ b/sysdeps/aarch64/configure
@@ -325,9 +325,10 @@ then :
   printf %s "(cached) " >&6
 else $as_nop
   cat > conftest.s <<\EOF
-        ptrue p0.b
+	.arch armv8.2-a+sve
+	ptrue p0.b
 EOF
-if { ac_try='${CC-cc} -c -march=armv8.2-a+sve conftest.s 1>&5'
+if { ac_try='${CC-cc} -c conftest.s 1>&5'
   { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$ac_try\""; } >&5
   (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
   ac_status=$?
diff --git a/sysdeps/aarch64/configure.ac b/sysdeps/aarch64/configure.ac
index 27874eceb4..56d12d661d 100644
--- a/sysdeps/aarch64/configure.ac
+++ b/sysdeps/aarch64/configure.ac
@@ -90,9 +90,10 @@ LIBC_CONFIG_VAR([aarch64-variant-pcs], [$libc_cv_aarch64_variant_pcs])
 # Check if asm support armv8.2-a+sve
 AC_CACHE_CHECK([for SVE support in assembler], [libc_cv_aarch64_sve_asm], [dnl
 cat > conftest.s <<\EOF
-        ptrue p0.b
+	.arch armv8.2-a+sve
+	ptrue p0.b
 EOF
-if AC_TRY_COMMAND(${CC-cc} -c -march=armv8.2-a+sve conftest.s 1>&AS_MESSAGE_LOG_FD); then
+if AC_TRY_COMMAND(${CC-cc} -c conftest.s 1>&AS_MESSAGE_LOG_FD); then
   libc_cv_aarch64_sve_asm=yes
 else
   libc_cv_aarch64_sve_asm=no