diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 019fcbd0ef..a3aa257fd3 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1673,7 +1673,7 @@ for target in $target_list; do
           echo "GDB=$gdb_bin" >> $config_target_mak
       fi
 
-      if test "${arch}" = "aarch64" && version_ge ${gdb_version##* } 15.0; then
+      if test "${gdb_arches#*aarch64}" != "$gdb_arches" && version_ge ${gdb_version##* } 15.0; then
           echo "GDB_HAS_MTE=y" >> $config_target_mak
       fi