diff --git a/src/syscall/types_linux.go b/src/syscall/types_linux.go
index 9c9c521af4..20abda2473 100644
--- a/src/syscall/types_linux.go
+++ b/src/syscall/types_linux.go
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ typedef struct {} ptracePer;
 // The real epoll_event is a union, and godefs doesn't handle it well.
 struct my_epoll_event {
 	uint32_t events;
-#if defined(__ARM_EABI__) || (defined(__mips__) && _MIPS_SIM == _ABIO32)
+#if defined(__ARM_EABI__) || defined(__aarch64__) || (defined(__mips__) && _MIPS_SIM == _ABIO32)
 	// padding is not specified in linux/eventpoll.h but added to conform to the
 	// alignment requirements of EABI
 	int32_t padFd;
diff --git a/src/syscall/ztypes_linux_arm64.go b/src/syscall/ztypes_linux_arm64.go
index d7e3526af6..f63391cdad 100644
--- a/src/syscall/ztypes_linux_arm64.go
+++ b/src/syscall/ztypes_linux_arm64.go
@@ -564,6 +564,7 @@ type Ustat_t struct {
 
 type EpollEvent struct {
 	Events uint32
+	_      int32
 	Fd     int32
 	Pad    int32
 }