diff --git a/common/cpu.c b/common/cpu.c
index fb7c07d53..33171f3be 100644
--- a/common/cpu.c
+++ b/common/cpu.c
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
 
 #include "base.h"
 
+#if HAVE_GETAUXVAL || HAVE_ELF_AUX_INFO
+#include <sys/auxv.h>
+#endif
 #if SYS_CYGWIN || SYS_SunOS || SYS_OPENBSD
 #include <unistd.h>
 #endif
@@ -107,6 +110,19 @@ const x264_cpu_name_t x264_cpu_names[] =
     {"", 0},
 };
 
+static unsigned long x264_getauxval( unsigned long type )
+{
+#if HAVE_GETAUXVAL
+    return getauxval( type );
+#elif HAVE_ELF_AUX_INFO
+    unsigned long aux = 0;
+    elf_aux_info( type, &aux, sizeof(aux) );
+    return aux;
+#else
+    return 0;
+#endif
+}
+
 #if (HAVE_ALTIVEC && SYS_LINUX) || (HAVE_ARMV6 && !HAVE_NEON)
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <setjmp.h>
@@ -420,8 +436,7 @@ uint32_t x264_cpu_detect( void )
 
 #elif HAVE_AARCH64
 
-#ifdef __linux__
-#include <sys/auxv.h>
+#if defined(__linux__) || HAVE_ELF_AUX_INFO
 
 #define HWCAP_AARCH64_SVE   (1 << 22)
 #define HWCAP2_AARCH64_SVE2 (1 << 1)
@@ -430,8 +445,9 @@ static uint32_t detect_flags( void )
 {
     uint32_t flags = 0;
 
-    unsigned long hwcap = getauxval( AT_HWCAP );
-    unsigned long hwcap2 = getauxval( AT_HWCAP2 );
+    unsigned long hwcap = x264_getauxval( AT_HWCAP );
+    unsigned long hwcap2 = x264_getauxval( AT_HWCAP2 );
+
     if ( hwcap & HWCAP_AARCH64_SVE )
         flags |= X264_CPU_SVE;
     if ( hwcap2 & HWCAP2_AARCH64_SVE2 )
@@ -458,7 +474,7 @@ uint32_t x264_cpu_detect( void )
 #endif
 
     // Where possible, try to do runtime detection as well.
-#ifdef __linux__
+#if defined(__linux__) || HAVE_ELF_AUX_INFO
     flags |= detect_flags();
 #endif
 
@@ -473,7 +489,6 @@ uint32_t x264_cpu_detect( void )
 }
 
 #elif HAVE_LSX
-#include <sys/auxv.h>
 
 #define LA_HWCAP_LSX    ( 1U << 4 )
 #define LA_HWCAP_LASX   ( 1U << 5 )
@@ -481,7 +496,7 @@ uint32_t x264_cpu_detect( void )
 uint32_t x264_cpu_detect( void )
 {
     uint32_t flags = 0;
-    uint32_t hwcap = (uint32_t)getauxval( AT_HWCAP );
+    uint32_t hwcap = (uint32_t)x264_getauxval( AT_HWCAP );
 
     if( hwcap & LA_HWCAP_LSX )
         flags |= X264_CPU_LSX;
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index c1fb599f0..5cd8110ff 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -411,8 +411,7 @@ NL="
 # list of all preprocessor HAVE values we can define
 CONFIG_HAVE="MALLOC_H ALTIVEC ALTIVEC_H MMX ARMV6 ARMV6T2 NEON AARCH64 BEOSTHREAD POSIXTHREAD WIN32THREAD THREAD LOG2F SWSCALE \
              LAVF FFMS GPAC AVS GPL VECTOREXT INTERLACED CPU_COUNT OPENCL THP LSMASH X86_INLINE_ASM AS_FUNC INTEL_DISPATCHER \
-             MSA LSX MMAP WINRT VSX ARM_INLINE_ASM STRTOK_R CLOCK_GETTIME BITDEPTH8 BITDEPTH10 \
-             SVE SVE2"
+             MSA LSX MMAP WINRT VSX ARM_INLINE_ASM STRTOK_R CLOCK_GETTIME BITDEPTH8 BITDEPTH10 SVE SVE2 ELF_AUX_INFO GETAUXVAL"
 
 # parse options
 
@@ -1001,6 +1000,8 @@ if [ $asm = auto -a $ARCH = AARCH64 ] ; then
     if [ $compiler = CL ] && cpp_check '' '' 'defined(_M_ARM64)' ; then
         define HAVE_AARCH64
         define HAVE_NEON
+        as_check "ptrue p0.b, vl16" && define HAVE_SVE
+        as_check "smlalb z10.s, z2.h, z1.h" && define HAVE_SVE2
     elif cc_check '' '' '__asm__("cmeq v0.8h, v0.8h, #0");' ; then
         define HAVE_AARCH64
         define HAVE_NEON
@@ -1142,6 +1143,14 @@ elif cc_check 'time.h' '-lrt' 'clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, 0);' ; then
     LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -lrt"
 fi
 
+if cc_check 'sys/auxv.h' '' 'getauxval(AT_HWCAP);' ; then
+    define HAVE_GETAUXVAL
+fi
+
+if cc_check 'sys/auxv.h' '' 'unsigned long auxv = 0; elf_aux_info(AT_HWCAP, &auxv, sizeof(auxv));' ; then
+    define HAVE_ELF_AUX_INFO
+fi
+
 if [ "$SYS" != "WINDOWS" ] && cpp_check "sys/mman.h unistd.h" "" "defined(MAP_PRIVATE)"; then
     define HAVE_MMAP
 fi