diff --git a/boards/arm/qemu_cortex_a53/qemu_cortex_a53.yaml b/boards/arm/qemu_cortex_a53/qemu_cortex_a53.yaml
index 6fb367ae03e..a2f72c6cb43 100644
--- a/boards/arm/qemu_cortex_a53/qemu_cortex_a53.yaml
+++ b/boards/arm/qemu_cortex_a53/qemu_cortex_a53.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ type: qemu
 simulation: qemu
 arch: arm
 toolchain:
+  - zephyr
   - cross-compile
 ram: 128
 testing:
diff --git a/cmake/toolchain/zephyr/0.11/Kconfig b/cmake/toolchain/zephyr/0.11/Kconfig
index f8a37312de4..8515de0f033 100644
--- a/cmake/toolchain/zephyr/0.11/Kconfig
+++ b/cmake/toolchain/zephyr/0.11/Kconfig
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
 
 config TOOLCHAIN_ZEPHYR_0_11
 	def_bool y
-	select HAS_NEWLIB_LIBC_NANO if (ARC || ARM || RISCV)
+	select HAS_NEWLIB_LIBC_NANO if (ARC || (ARM && !ARM64) || RISCV)
diff --git a/cmake/toolchain/zephyr/0.11/target.cmake b/cmake/toolchain/zephyr/0.11/target.cmake
index f0bb1ee61d2..78b463c9359 100644
--- a/cmake/toolchain/zephyr/0.11/target.cmake
+++ b/cmake/toolchain/zephyr/0.11/target.cmake
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-set(CROSS_COMPILE_TARGET_arm         arm-zephyr-eabi)
+if(CONFIG_ARM64)
+  set(CROSS_COMPILE_TARGET_arm         aarch64-zephyr-elf)
+else()
+  set(CROSS_COMPILE_TARGET_arm         arm-zephyr-eabi)
+endif()
 set(CROSS_COMPILE_TARGET_nios2     nios2-zephyr-elf)
 set(CROSS_COMPILE_TARGET_riscv   riscv64-zephyr-elf)
 set(CROSS_COMPILE_TARGET_mips     mipsel-zephyr-elf)