diff --git a/.cargo/config b/.cargo/config
index 1a7addf890291..1a24d38de901a 100644
--- a/.cargo/config
+++ b/.cargo/config
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
 [build]
 target = "aarch64-unknown-none-softfloat"
 target-dir = "out"
+
+[target.aarch64-unknown-none-softfloat]
+rustflags = [
+  "-C", "target-feature=+neon",
+]