diff --git a/src/cmd/dist/test.go b/src/cmd/dist/test.go
index ac18230552..82e2e17424 100644
--- a/src/cmd/dist/test.go
+++ b/src/cmd/dist/test.go
@@ -1471,7 +1471,7 @@ func (t *tester) packageHasBenchmarks(pkg string) bool {
 func raceDetectorSupported(goos, goarch string) bool {
 	switch goos {
 	case "linux":
-		return goarch == "amd64" || goarch == "ppc64le"
+		return goarch == "amd64" || goarch == "ppc64le" || goarch == "arm64"
 	case "darwin", "freebsd", "netbsd", "windows":
 		return goarch == "amd64"
 	default: